Producer Luigi Fersini

PUGLIA

In the heart of Salento, where the southern light casts long shadows between the rows and the wind carries the scent of red earth, the Luigi Fersini Winery was founded in 2015. Eleven hectares of "living" vineyards, cultivated organically, extend around Sogliano Cavour like a mosaic of historic varietals: Negroamaro, Montepulciano, and Primitivo. Each vine tells a story of this ancient, rich, and generous land. Luigi Fersini is not just a winemaker: he is a silent observer of nature, a guardian of its transformations. Of the grapes he tends throughout the year, he chooses to vinify only a portion; the rest he entrusts to local producers, preserving that direct and sincere connection with his land. For him, wine is not a "corrected" product, but a pure expression: a liquid tale of the variety, the soil, and the climate that shaped that particular vintage. His vineyards are not neatly lined up like postcards. They are free, a little wild, “disheveled,” as he affectionately calls them.Shoots that grow instinctively, leaves of varying shapes and sizes, wild herbs that climb at the base of the trunks. It is in this imperfect balance, so close to nature, that Luigi rediscovers the true identity of his wines. Vinification takes place in a local winery, where Luigi personally oversees every stage. This choice is not born of a limitation, but of a desire: to focus all his energies on caring for the vines and the natural transformation of the grapes, without being absorbed by the complexities of managing a privately owned winery. This is how every bottle of Azienda Agricola Luigi Fersini becomes a sincere reflection of a landscape, a vintage, the character of the varietals, and the tenacious passion of those who cultivate them. A wine that seeks not to impress, but to tell a story: with authenticity, with respect, following the slow and true rhythm of nature.