PRIMITIVO SALENTO IGT

Tasting notes: purple in colour, the bouquet reveals aromas of blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, and raspberries, complemented by dark chocolate, vanilla, and cinnamon. Feudo Monaci Primitivo Salento IGT is an elegant, balanced, and complex wine, with good structure. Notes of blueberry and blackberry reappear on the finish.

Origin: Salice Salentino, province of Lecce, in Puglia

Year: 2023

Grape varieties: 100% Primitivo

Alcohol content: 13%

Serving temperature: should be served between 15° and 17° C.

Castello Monaci

The Castello Monaci winery is a splendid 210-hectare estate in Salice Salentino. The property has been managed by the same family for four generations and is currently managed by Lina Memmo. The property is located between the provinces of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto, exposed to the influence of both the Ionian and Adriatic Seas.

The castle is an imposing fortification dating back to a settlement of ancient French monks from the first half of the 16th century. Next to it is an important museum, dating from the 1930s, which highlights the history of local viticulture. Built in the 1970s, Monaci's barrel-shaped winery was excavated from the white tufa rock, the deepest layer of soil in the surrounding vineyards. It currently houses over 1000 barrels.

The winery is equipped with modern winemaking facilities, including a refrigerated pressing system with small-capacity, double-chamber thermoconditioned steel tanks, to allow for the separate vinification of limited quantities of grapes, enhancing the specific character of each plot.

Leonardo Sergio has been the winemaker and production manager since 2001. Born in 1962, he graduated in Agronomy in 1981 and obtained the title of Enologist in 1984 at the Basile Caramia di Locorotondo Enological Institute. For thirteen years, he worked as a wine consultant for 12 wineries in Puglia and 3 in Calabria, managing the entire production chain: from vineyard cultivation to bottling.

Castello Monaci believes in an even broader concept of sustainability, which considers the correct management of production, to minimise the carbon footprint and the impact of winemaking.