Sips of Summer | Ancient Palmento

NAME: Salento Bianco PGI
TYPE: white
GRAPES: Chardonnay, Fiano
ORIGIN: Italy, Puglia
EVOLUTION: 3-4 years
SERVICE TEMPERATURE: 10-12° C
RECOMMENDED GLASS: c middle alice
ALCOHOL VOLUME: 12.5%
FORMAT: 75 cl

THE WINE:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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NOTES FROM OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 of a beautiful intense, brilliant straw yellow, with greenish reflections;

👃🏻 on the nose it expresses complex and aromatic notes, with yellow fruit (apricot), white flowers (orange blossom) softened by nuances of rose petals and broom ;

👄 a The palate is full, structured and harmonious, with a persistent aftertaste of fruity aromas supported by vibrant acidity.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION

REFINEMENT

Produced in the Manduria countryside from 15 year old vines. Hand harvested at the beginning of August; the intact grapes are poured into the hydraulic press and after light pressing the free-run must is collected in steel silos . Start of alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts. Fermentation for approximately twenty days at a controlled temperature of 14°C. Racking and maturation of the new wine on thin lees, with periodic batonage, for approximately 6 months. Filtering, bottling and resting for a few months in the bottle before being released for consumption.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

its freshness.

TERRITORY OF ORIGIN:

TERROR

We are in Salento, in the southernmost area of ​​Puglia . The ancient Land of Otranto, famous for its thousand-year history closely linked to the Mediterranean Sea which bathes it. Salento is one of the regions in Italy where the winemaking tradition has distant roots , as quality wine has been produced here for 3000 years. The warm climate and diversity of soils are ideal places for growing vines. The main vines are: Negroamaro and Primitivo. Negroamaro is a full-bodied red wine, with a full structure and a brilliant colour. On the nose it has a strong but at the same time fruity aroma, with a slightly bitter and rounded taste. These characteristics are conferred by the grape variety : Negroamaro has rather large grapes, very dark in color and with sweet, juicy pulp. The harvest is quite late and the bottle aging is rapid (from 6 to 12 months). The past used for the production of numerous wines, in recent years there is a growing trend towards its vinification in purity, increasingly appreciated for its elegance.

CELLAR

Antico Palmento is a family-run business in the center of Manduria . It was born from the passion of Bruno Garofano who, after forty years of collaboration and oenological consultancy for various Apulian wineries, decided to make his experience available to his children Gabriele and Mariangela and started a wine business in the heart of one of the most suitable areas of Puglia. The goal is to produce wines in limited quantities that they are interpreters of the best expression of the territory: for this reason it focuses heavily on native . Attention is focused on primitivo, the main grape variety of this area.

Bruno's dream came true in 1998 with the acquisition of a few hectares of vineyard and a " palmento " (a tank for the fermentation of must) dating back to the early years of the last century. The entire production chain takes place in the structure returned to work after a careful renovation. Given its historical origin and its location in the center of Manduria - among very narrow streets - we can truly speak of heroic winemaking !