DON ANTONIO

PRIMITIVO I.G.P. PUGLIA

It is the result of an experiment that the oenologist Senator Antonio Michele Coppi, founder of the Coppi Wines dynasty, carried out with its finest grapes. Amazing is the richness of its fruits, poured with the wine in the glass, warm, yet very soft and harmonious.

Grape variety: Primitivo 100%
Alcohol content: 14.50%
Production area: Puglia
Soil type: chalky and clayey hills
Training system: espalier
Harvest: end of August, September
Serving temperature: 18 – 20 °C
Allergens: contains sulphites

Tasting notes 

Color: deep and bright purplish red
Nose: quite intense and persistent,fine, astonishing for the richness of
its fruits and the clarity of its aroma,in which can be clearly distinguished
the spicy nuances extracted with oenological ability from the oak and
those naturally contained in the grapes
Palate: warm yet gradually soft and harmonious, in which the tannin is
effectively controlled, the acidity supports and mainly is freshness and
fragrance for its wonderful aroma, sapid, medium-bodied, rather intense
and persistent
Food pairing: baked lasagna, saffron risotto by Chef Gualtiero Marchesi,
roasted turkey, Canadian soup with cheddar cheese
Cellaring: over 10 years, if properly stored
Awards: see on the back