Primitivo 'Es' Magnum Gianfranco Fino 2022

Gianfranco Fino's Primitivo "Es" is one of Puglia's most celebrated and renowned wines, which manages to place itself in an innovative vein while keeping its tradition intact. The traditional side is evident from the choice to blend grapes from different vineyards and the body-power mix that typicality imposes. The modern and original side consists, on the other hand, in the exemplary balance between structure, alcoholic vein, freshness and savoriness that, in combination with tannins of extreme finesse, makes it agile, while maintaining an aromatic framework of great breadth, intensity and outstanding duration. This is an extremely inviting red, a true concentrated extract of bush, fruit and spice. Elegance and envelopment balance perfectly in an unforgettable sip.

"Es" Primitivo comes from 60-year-old bush-trained vines rooted on sunny red soil. The grapes are selected with maniacal care and left to dry in the vineyard. Gianfranco Fino wants to confront the complex and great tradition of Manduria, bringing to bear his great skills as a winemaker. A project that started from scratch and matured slowly, which managed to perfectly synthesize a combination of innovation and territorial roots. It ferments in steel for 3-4 weeks and macerates for 4 weeks on the skins and ages for 9 months in small first and second passage oak barrels.

Gianfranco Fino's "Es" astonishes with its taste-olfactory range, which ranges with impeccable grace from ripe fresh fruit to sweet spices, from Mediterranean scrub to toasted hints conferred by wood. Nuances of very ripe black fruit, blackberries, balsamic herbs and sweet spices stand out on the nose. The sip is powerful, warm, enveloping and concentrated, supported by a vibrant freshness that encourages drinking and makes it very elegant and persistent. Pleasant bitter aromatic returns of cinchona, rhubarb and roots emerge delicately in the very long, almost interminable finish. A complex, rich, elegant and sensual red ... Of great class and character! A true gem of the Italian wine world.