Description
Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni LE 2015 Cantine San Marzano
Variety: Primitivo di Manduria (Zinfandel) 100%
Once a year, the Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni comes out in a Limited Edition. Different label, identical quality of wine.
The vineyards that produce the Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni are found in the municipalities of San Marzano and Sava and are very old.
Soil: it is consists of residual red earth due to the conspicuous presence of iron oxides. The texture is fine with a calcareous substratum and sporadic rocky outcrops.
The harvest, carried out manually, takes place in the second half of September, to reach a sort of over-ripening of the fruit.
Alcoholic fermentation is at a controlled temperature of 24-26 ° C; for 80% of the mass it lasts 18 days, while for the remaining 20% it extends up to 25 days. The yeasts that conduct the fermentation are selected on their own vineyards.
After having undergone malolactic fermentation, it is aged for a year in French and American oak barrels.
Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni LE 2015 Cantine San Marzano
Intense ruby red color.
The nose has very intense and complex aromas of ripe fruit and jam. Cherry and plum and tamarind are distinguished. Immediately afterwards, spices emerge with vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Tobacco also arrives, sweeter, with cinnamon, vanilla and pipe tobacco. Among the toasted we observe the coffee, the dark chocolate,
On the palate it is decidedly full-bodied and at the same time persuasive. Good tannins that balance the sweetness of the alcoholic grade and the sumptuous texture of glycerine. After swallowing, notes of cocoa and sour cherries arrive at the nose. Very persistent.
Structure Apulian wine, which requires strong and intense dishes. With risottos in red wine, radicchio and taleggio. Even without cheese. Braised and stewed game. Wild boar, hare and mountain animals. Or with stewed cannellini beans, with extra virgin olive oil, onion, red pepper, parsley and turmeric.
