Features
Name:
Elegia Primitivo di Manduria DOC Reserve 2019
Terrain:
medium loamy, shallow and with good skeleton presence
Cellar
Produttori di Manduria is the oldest cooperative in Apulia.
The Cantina's adventure began in 1928 when a small group of 'enlightened' wine growers took over an old factory and created the 'Wine Federation', an association of producers that four years later, on 9 July 1932, formalised its legal status as a cooperative with the establishment of the 'Consorzio Produttori Vini e Mosti rossi superiori da taglio per la zona di Manduria'.
Today, the Cantina has around 1000 hectares of vineyards, half of which are still cultivated using the traditional alberello system, and strenuously defends the work of 400 small wine craftsmen, the only ones who can boast the appellative of Maestri in Primitivo.
Description
Elegia Primitivo di Manduria reserva DOC 2029 from the Apulian winery Produttori di Manduria was made from Primitivo grapes, harvested by hand. Vineyard age 35-50 years. It is an elegant, full-bodied and intense wine, matured for 12 months in French oak barriques.
Organoleptic characteristics:
It has an intense ruby red colour. The nose is elegant, with a strong fruit component of wild blackberries, prunes, raspberry jam and blueberries. Nutmeg, vanilla and cloves anticipate timbres of herbs and leather. Puffs of toasted almonds and dried violet petals flank hints of undergrowth. In the mouth, it is brilliant with dry tannins that accompany it to the end, giving it a perfect closure. Persistent.
Storage time:
10 years
Vinification
In red with thermo-conditioning of the fermentation process (22-24° C), two weeks of maceration.
Acknowledgements
2020 Wine Enthusiast 90/100
2020 Falstaff 90/100
2015 Mundus Wines silver medal
2012 Wine Spectator 90/100
