Primitivo 2020 - L' Archetipo

Primitivo - Archetipo

It is obtained with Primitivo grapes coming from a vineyard grown in organic, which grows in an area characterized by innumerable pedological situations: from heavy to sandy soils to the more sandy red with siliceous-limestone skeleton. After manual harvesting of the grapes, fermentation is spontaneous with long maceration of 20-30 days. Refinement in large oak barrels for 12 months, then steel for another 12 months and finally in bottle for at least 6 months. Ruby red color with fruity scents. In the mouth is warm, with evident tannicity, very salty with good acidity and very persistent.

Service

It is advisable to serve the Primitive at a 16/18 ° temperature in tulip goblets. Daily wine, but if left in the cellars a few years can give you great emotions.

Pairing

The Primitivo perfectly combines strong-style dishes, pork roasts, well seasoned cheeses.

Cellar: L' Archetipo

In the '80s the company began conversion to organic farming but notes that the viability of their land does not proceed as it should and that's why from 2000 to pass biodynamic during the studies on the cultural legacy of Rudolf Steiner. After a few years of biodynamic realizes that there is still something that escapes and therefore, following the understanding of the thought of Masanobu Fukuoka, finally comes to practice sustainable agriculture altogether, in which the synergies between all the links of 'ecosystem are finally triggered. This is the synergistic gardening, where you come not to commit the biggest mistake that still takes place by practicing all the other types of agriculture (from conventional, to organic, to biodynamic): plowing. This new adventure is developed together with his wife Anna Maria and her four children: Carlo Nazarene, Domenico, Andrea, and Maria Clelia. And 'thanks to the constant and responsible for all of them that it was possible the construction of the basement, the entire tuff, where these precise climatic conditions it is possible the exploitation of the precious grapes of property without the use of chemicals. The entry in the company of the new generation, under the leadership of a large Francesco Valentino experiential baggage, is likely to provide impetus and vitality to the archetype.