Primitivo 'Es' Gianfranco Fino 2023
Perfect to give as a giftThe Primitivo "Es" is one of the most intense, elegant and prestigious expressions of Primitivo. It comes from old bush-trained vines of 60 years from the Manduria area, macerates on the skins for almost 4 weeks and matures for 9 months in small barrels. The sip is balanced, concentrated and elegant, balanced by an excellent freshness that enhances and streamlines the drinking experience
Primitivo di Manduria "Es" by Gianfranco Fino is a wine that can be placed in an innovative area, while maintaining its tradition intact. The traditional side is found in its design, a blend of grapes from different vineyards, as it always used to do in these parts, and mix in the typical body-power that imposes the denomination; the most original, however, is in exemplary balance between structure, vein alcohol, acidity and flavor that, combined with extremely fine tannins and a manual use of wood, makes it easier to sip, but in a framework of intensity, amplitude and duration of olfactory really classy. In this consisted the great challenge of Gianfranco Fino, a young winemaker with solid technical skills and an heavy curriculum on his shoulders: a comparison with the complex and rich tradition of Manduria. A project started from scratch and slowly matured, which is perfectly able to synthesize a set of innovation and local roots, giving life to a great wine. Also the range taste-olfactory is astonishing in this Primitivo "Es", ranging from fresh and ripe fruit and sweet spices, to the Mediterranean scents: a complex , rich, elegant wine, with a very large class.