NEGROAMARO PRIMITIVO - BOLLATO

ORIGIN: Apulia
VINE VARIETY: Negroamaro and Primitivo
SOIL: Clayey soil, slimy with calcareous marl
GRAPEVINE CULTIVATION: Bush-trained
HARVESTING: By hand
VINIFICATION: Grape pressing and destemming, maceration on the skins for 15 days, fermentation at 25°C controlled temperature with cultured yeasts
REFINING: Short in large oak barrels. During ageing the wine undergoes
several analytical controls to assure its integrity.
BOTTLING: Cold sterile
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14% vol.
COLOR: Vibrant ruby red with garnet red tinges
NOSE: Intense, complex with red fruit notes such as plum, Marasca
cherry, blackberry, vanilla flavoured with hints of hide, tobacco
and a few pleasant balsamic notes
PALATE: Warm, mouth filling, firm, long lingering with good entry of tannins to appreciate the unique character of the two wine varieties
SUGGESTED PAIRINGS: First courses with meat sauces, roasted meat, feathered and furred game, aged cheese, typical dishes from Apulia, barbecued lamb
INTERNATIONAL PAIRINGS: Deer in red wine with sauerkraut- Germany
Prime Ribs with BBQ sauce - U.S.A.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16° - 18 °C
CURIOSITY: The origin of the name 'Negroamaro' is uncertain; it is assumed to come from the dialect terms 'niuru' and 'maru' that is black and bitter, like the grape and wine made with it