Style: Red Wine

Producer: Vinicola Mediterranea

Grape: Primitivo (Zinfandel)

Where: Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Puglia

Country: Italy

Taste: At the sight of deep red with garnet reflections. The scent is light and characteristic. The palate is full, aromatic and velvety.

Vibes with: roasts and spicy cheese

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Additional Info:

About the Wine:

The Primitivo di Manduria “Primo Duca” is a red wine produced in the area of Salento. After the grape harvest, the grapes are pressed and undergo maceration of 8-10 days, then after pressing, the flower must is fermented in thermoconditioned vats. After fermentation, the wine is poured and centrifuged again, and finally follows the refinement in oak barrels. After the grape harvest The grapes are pressed, ammostate and undergo a long maceration of 15-20 days. The fermentation takes place in thermoconditioned vats. After draining and pressing, the wine is poured again, finally aging in oak barrels for 12 months.

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About the Producer: 

The red, rosé and white wines of the Vinicola Mediterranea of ​​San Pietro Vernotico, a town nestled in the heart of Salento, possess the best qualities and the most identifiable characteristics of the Mediterranean territories, a land naturally suited to the cultivation of the vineyard, the hot sun that beats on the roofs of the south and the scent of the sea that comes from the Adriatic: factors that together create a mild and ideal climate for the production of wine.

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The winery was founded in 1997 by Giuseppe Marangio and Vito Epifani, both already expert in wine-making but for the first time determined to create their own business. Initially the production was exclusively loose wine which was though appreciated and marketed in all of Italy.

In 2000 they began to bottle their wine, Negroamaro, Soraya and Donvito to name a few, and export worldwide. Also their vine varieties are numerous, Negroamaro is the most common then there are Malvasia di Brindisi, Primitivo and others (Montepulciano, Cabernet, Sangiovese and Chardonnay), that have attained the same quality as the indigenous varieties.