Don Franco 2022 – Tenuta Macchiarola

Don Franco - Tenuta Macchiarola

Don Franco of Tenuta Macchiarola is a red wine that is produced only in the best years. The name "Don Franco" is in honor of Domenico's father-in-law. It comes from Negroamaro grapes that come from organically grown vines on calcareous-clay soils. After harvesting, the grapes are de-stemmed and crushed, and fermented in stainless steel with maceration on the skins for 15 days. Subsequently it undergoes a refinement of 18 months on the fine lees with continuous batonnage and racking. The wine does not undergo clarification or filtration. Don Franco has an intense ruby ​​red color. The nose is vinous and deeply fruity. The sip offers a sip consistent with the nose, full-bodied and alcoholic. Excellent persistence.

Service

We taste it at a temperature around 16/18 ° C. It is recommended to serve it in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but left a few years in the cellar can express its great potential.

Pairings

Excellent with appetizers of cold cuts, pasta with meat sauce, meat dishes, to try with pork chops cooked in the sauce.

Cellar: Tenuta Macchiarola

Tenuta Macchiarola is a craft company located in Lizzano, in the province of Taranto. Born in the mid-80s, and at the beginning, he devoted himself to the cultivation of cereals, vegetables, vines, and breeding of animals. The turnaround of the company arrives in 2005, when Domenico Mangione, the current owner, and his father-in-law Franco De Vita, plant 6 hectares of Primitivo. When in 2007 Domenico took over the reins of the company decides to make his wine in a natural way. The first wine he produces, he vinifies it in "amaroneggiante" style, and because of his lack of experience, to free it from the dregs he has to pour it many times. Bottled without filtration, the wine "puts a piece" and becomes drinkable. This fact makes Domenico aware that nature always tries to forgive you, and many times it does things you can not understand or control, if you're good you can only support them. In 2010 the vinification with Primitivo is added to the Negroamaro, and from 2014 white grapes are also vinified, Verdeca and Fiano. All the grapes used come from vineyards grown without the use of chemistry, and in the winery they are treated with respect, looking it expresses the vine, without the use of selected, clarifying and stabilizing yeasts. Pure wines, genuine and very drinkable.