Rose Primitivo

ROSE PRIMITIVO

Product of Synergistic Agriculture
Appelation: PGI Salento Primitivo.
Grape variety: Primitivo 100 %.
Soil composition: red Mediterranean soil very rich of siliceous-calcareous fine gravel (up to a depth of 6 meters), and a clay-limestone soil (for the following 2 meters depth); very rich of humus.
Vine training system: free standing espalier (controspalliera libera in Italian), from Rudolf Steiner’s book “The philosophy of freedom”.
Vineyard area: 6 hectares cultivated according to the criteria of Synergistic Agriculture and ICEA Organic Farming.
Density of vines per hectare: 4’545 plants per ha.
Average age of vines: 22 years.
Yield per hectare: 7 tons per ha.
Harvesting: hand-picking grapes, early days of September.

Description

In the winery

Winemaking: after destemming skins stay in contact with juice for 12h. Must ferments spontaneously with grapes skins thanks to a pied de cuve of native yeasts, the only ones which increase the expression of our Terroir. End of the alcolic fermentation and removing of the gross lees with a simple racking.

Natural fining and stabilization, no fining agents added.

No filtration.

Ageing of wine on lees: 6 months in steel in contact with less, continue batonnage with time factor 7. Very low amount of sulphur dioxide added before bottling.

Alcohol by volume: 12.5 % vol.

Organoleptic properties: intense pink, fruity notes supported by an important acidity that makes captivating drops.

Food pairing: wine with a great versatility very good also with winter dishes.

Serving temperature: 8°C in warm months, 12° in cold months.

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