Features
Name:
Diciotto Primitivo IGT Salento 2022
Terrain:
of the Pleistocene silicoclay-calcareous type
Cellar
The heart of Schola Sarmenti is an old winery built in the mid-19th century and closed for over fifty years. The Marra and Calabrese families have thus restored to splendour an ancient symbol of Salento oenology, the fulcrum of an important architectural tradition, in which culture and territory are transmitted to the visitor through the impetuous beauty of the star-shaped vaults made of tuff and Lecce stone ashlars.
The embrace between the present and the past finds its maximum expression in the unique details, capable of truly moving. As you slowly descend a small central staircase, your heart is pervaded by an intense perfume, while your legs yearn to hurry up, eager to discover that underground world.
The last step and you are finally immersed in wine.
A barrique cellar made from old cisterns, one after the other. The right temperature and constant humidity all year round make it a perfect environment where the barrels store that wine which, once in the bottle, will end up resting between purple-red walls.
A place in which to breathe the air of a distant past, while the scents of wine and wood give a foretaste of the result of this slow rest: the near future.
Description
Diciotto Primitivo IGT Salento from the Salento winery Schola Sarmenti is an exclusive wine, produced in a limited edition. This Primitivo comes from the oldest vines on the estate, which are more than 80 years old. It is a great Apulian wine that will transport you into an unexpected vortex of sensations.
Organoleptic characteristics:
The nose of dizzying depth, impregnated with heady hints of red fruits, is enveloped by a balsamic gust with intriguing toasted sensations and intense accents of spicy notes. An aromatic velvet envelops the palate in an unexpected vortex of sensations. The elegant harmony brings the soul back to reality, where vigorous tannins can expand with absolute delicacy and without excess. The finish is very long.
Storage time:
20 years
Vinification
Grapes harvested by hand and delicately placed in small ventilated boxes to preserve their integrity. In the cellar they are then further sorted on a modern sorting table
Acknowledgements
Bibenda 
Wine Spectator 92/100
Robert Parker 91/100
