A deliciously wild wine with raw purity, a wine that feels a world away from the bulk-made Primitivo produced on the lower planes. Find out more.
About the Wine
Delicate and nuanced Trebbiano from old vines planted over the limestone of the Murge Plateau. There is a real elegance here, with Cristiano's lightness of touch on full display. Aromatically, the wine is perfumed gently with citrus, chalk and brine. On the palate there is the faintest of tannins set against a savoury, salty backbone adding layers of complexity.
As always with Cristiano's wine, there is a wonderful balance found here that makes you re-think what you thought you knew about Pugliese wine.
Pouring a pale golden in the glass, this feels like it falls somewhere in-between the orange and white wine world. And it has been made as such, with half of the grapes destemmed and fermented on the skins for a week, whilst the remainder were pressed directly to terracotta amphorae, where the wine rested for a year.
About Cristiano Guttarolo
Cristiano Guttarolo’s vineyards are away the plains which often produce hot, flabby wines, on a plateau of limestone some 400 metres above sea level, they benefit from the unique climate in which they live. Daytime temperatures are cooler than usual thanks to a strong breeze from the sea, while the site’s elevation offers a fluctuation between day and night temperatures, allowing the grapes to ripen fully while retaining freshness and finesse. While the wines are unmistakably Pugliese, full of wild, sun-drenched fruit, they have a balance often missing around here, one that allows the grape and place to sing and the drinker to enjoy the beautiful minerality that karst soils bring. Vineyard work is excellent, organic and done entirely by hand, while in the cellar Cristiano eschews the use of additives entirely as these are the sort of wines he likes to drink.
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