PILÙNA Primitivo Salento IGT – Castello Monaci

PILÙNA Primitivo Salento IGT – Castello Monaci

Full-bodied, Intense, Spicy

Pilùna is a monovarietal of Primitivo. We are a few kilometers outside the primitivo DOC of Manduria, therefore Pilùna falls within the disciplinary of the IGT Salento. The primitive name derives from “first native” as it is the first red berried variety to be ready for harvest. The name Pilùna indicates the ancient tufaceous containers in which oil and wine were stored.

VINIFICATION AND AGING
The harvest takes place, partly manually and partly by machine, in the early hours of the morning during the first ten days of September. After being pressed, the grapes ferment at a controlled temperature in steel tanks with maceration of 14 days and scheduled pumping over. At the end of the malolactic fermentation, part of the wine matures for 6 months in second and third passage French barriques, while the remainder remains in steel.

ALLERGENS: Contains sulphites

TASTING: Dark red-purple color; on the nose, there is a broad scent of ripe red fruit (plums and cherries) and black cherry and morello cherry jam, it also fades on the floral with violets and spices, hints of pepper and vanilla with hints of Mediterranean scrub. In the mouth, it has a soft and concentrated flavor, warm, rightly tannic, good structure and good persistence with a finish reminiscent of red fruit jam and licorice.

Recommended with: perfect combination with lamb chops; highly recommended with roasted or braised red meats (pork and game), tasty first courses with sauce.

Alcohol: 13,50%