Description

2017 Tormaresca Torcicoda Primitivo 5 ltr

The grapes were picked as soon as they reached complete and high ripeness levels. After pressing, the extraction, managed both by soft pumping over and rack and return (delestage) techniques, took place in stainless steel tanks and lasted thirteen days. During this phase, the wine completed the transformation of its sugar into alcohol at a temperature held to a maximum of 26° Centigrade. It then went through a complete malolactic fermentation in 60 and 130 gallon oak barrels coopered from French and Hungarian oak in which it then aged for approximately ten months. The final phase consisted of eight months of bottle aging before release.

Tormaresca Puglia

New World wines from the Old World: first settled by the Greeks in the 8th c BC, over the centuries Puglia has been colonised by Romans, Turks, Slavs, Normans & Spaniards. Evidence of this long history is seen in the region’s ancient coastal towers overlooking the Adriatic Sea – hence the name, Tourmaresca. Acquired by Antinori in1998 as the Puglian gem of their collection. The philosophy is to produce great wines from indigenous varietals that date back to the Magna Grecia, when all Southern Italy was known as Enotria – the land of wine. Tourmaresca leads Puglia’s modern renaissance by combining classic winemaking with the latest viticulture techniques to create exceptional wines.