Primitivo Manduria Librante Dop 2018 - Luca Attanasio

VARIETY 100% Primitivo COLOR Intense ruby red ALCOHOL CONTENT 17% AREA OF ORIGIN Agro between Sava and Manduria - Ionian arc of Taranto SOIL Clayey, rich in iron and mineral salts TRAINING SYSTEM 60 year old Apulian saplings with free foliage VINIFICATION NOTES Harvest and manual selection . Fermentation in steel at controlled temperature AGING 12 months in French oak barriques SERVING TEMPERATURE 16° - 18° SUGGESTED PAIRING Red meats and stagionati.Consigliato noble cheeses. Recommended For Thinking or maybe not... Romantic evening The Primitivo vines are grown in Alberello Pugliese , and are about 60 years old. The company produces this incredible rigorous, elegant, imposing wine with extraordinary strength. A complex wine, produced with wisdom and love for the land handed down by three generations of winemakers who have made Primitivo di Manduria great. The harvest is done manually in the second ten days of September. After destemming and crushing, the wine is left to macerate for about 15 days, fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature. The wine is aged for a few months in stainless steel tanks, followed by aging for 12 months in barriques. It finishes its maturation in the bottle. Librante has a beautiful intense garnet red color. On the nose, the perfume is characterized by fruity hints of small berries and figs, with notes of cocoa, and a pleasant spicy background. On the palate the taste is rich, rather warm and deep, with enveloping aromas. Balanced freshness, good tannins, with great final persistence. It goes perfectly with game and red meat, and aged cheeses, but it is certainly a glass that is also exceptional to be savored and tasted alone.