{"id":3612,"date":"2022-10-19T15:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/i-cru-e-le-terre\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:20:32","slug":"i-cru-e-le-terre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/i-cru-e-le-terre\/","title":{"rendered":"The crus of primitivo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The crus of primitivo<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Since 1996, through the Accademia dei Racemi project, we have conducted a zoning of the Primitivo di Manduria identifying 4 different areas of interest based on their soil and micro-climatic diversity.<\/p>

In 1998 the 4 Crus of Primitivo were born.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is the most common one in the Manduria area. Its rusty\/burnished red color is due to high levels of iron oxides. It is generally shallow and lies on limestone banks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Primitivo Felline Terra Rossa is generally harvested through the first week of September. It undergoes a short aging in French barriques and displays the most traditional and typical characteristics of this grape variety: ripe cherry and red berried fruit notes, balance and drinkability with soft and sweet tannins.Primitivo Felline Terra Rossa is generally harvested through the first week of September. It undergoes a short aging in French barriques and displays the most traditional and typical characteristics of this grape variety: ripe cherry and red berried fruit notes, balance and drinkability with soft and sweet tannins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It originates from the breaking up of emerging calcareous stones.<\/p>

The tufaceous-stony composition of this soil allows a rapid drainage of the rainy water but also to keep a good level of roots humidity, thanks to the porosity of the underlying stones that “captures” and maintain the rainwater.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Primitivo produced here (generally harvested around mid-September) enhances its fruitiness, with black cherry, vanilla and red berried fruits notes. A further refinement in French oak barriques enhances its elegance and voluptuousness.<\/p>

Giravolta is the name of a racehorse raised in the Pozzopalo estate, who loved to run around the large property. However, his free gallop used to suddenly change into an “about-face” towards the stables, whenever he approached and noticed the ditch bordering an old tuff quarry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is of alluvial origin and consists of actual dark soil deposits originated from the decomposition of organic material (ancient forests) and rock erosion. These lands are sometimes marshy and deep, but also fertile and productive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The harvest in black soil takes place in mid\/late September, obtaining a very spicy Primitivo, with notes of black pepper, rhubarb and licorice together with a dense and persistent tannic structure. The aging in French and American wood enhances the mentholated and balsamic notes of this Cru.<\/p>

It was here that we over grafted the Californian Zinfandel scions coming from one of the most important vineyards in America: the famous Ridge Geyserville. Zinfandel and Primitivo – it is now proven – are genetically identical. Twenty years ago, however, the only way to study their relation was to have them planted side by side.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The still existing Primitivo vineyards close to the dunes are today very rare, being few those that escaped the rush of \u201choliday construction\u201d. These are proof of an ancient and unique viticulture characterized by very low yields per plant, where you can still see ungrafted vines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Primitivo obtained from these vineyards is powerful, intense and, following an appropriate refinement in French barriques, expresses itself with a long sequence of complex notes: from ripe fruit to dried figs, almonds, cloves, helichrysum. It shows fullness and elegance on the palate, recalling cherries in alcohol, tobacco and dried fruit notes that persist in a very long aftertaste.<\/p>

The harvest of the Dunico (unique in the dunes) \u2013 is quite premature and usually takes place through the last week of August.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 1996, through the Accademia dei Racemi project, we have conducted a zoning of the Primitivo di Manduria identifying 4 different areas of interest based on their soil and micro-climatic diversity. In 1998 the 4 Crus of Primitivo were born. Red soil. It is the most common one in the Manduria area. Its rusty\/burnished red […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3612","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agricolafelline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}