Palombara Primitivo di Manduria Doc by Tenute Rubino

Palombara Primitivo di Manduria DOC

Grape: Primitivo di Manduria

Area: Manduria

Alcohol: 14.5%

Soil: medium mixed soils with stone

VINE TRAINING SYSTEMS Apulian “albarello”, bush tree

HARVEST first 10 days of September

FERMENTATION in stainless steel

MACERATION 15 days at controlled temperatures between 22-24°C

MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION completed

AGEING 16 months in stainless steel, 6 months in bottle

Tasting note: The rebellious eye is immediately distracted by the extremely colourful label, you’re tempted to climb into it and explore the world inside. But the Nose is there, tapping impatiently, and the Eyes have to turn back to the glass. Dressed in a lovely deep red, reminiscent of black cherries. “Oh finally, it’s our turn!”, the nostrils snap. Delicate but enveloping spices, they gracefully unroll into a tableau vivant of violets, black cherries, red currants and thyme. The Palate is surprised and a little taken aback by the light crispiness of the wine. “It’s a primitivo”, the bright Eyes read out while still lost in the label’s art, “it comes from a particular area, Tenuta Palombara”. The taste buds are all a quiver, wanting to dive deep as well, down breathlessly into the liquid. They find a fresh juicy trail, a fine smoothness, a lively substance and at the end voilà the fruit returns and crashes into the cloaked waves of flavours.