Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale 'Madrigale' Produttori di Manduria 2022

Primitivo Dolce Naturale di Manduria "Madrigale" is a traditional specialty of the Produttori di Manduria winery, produced with a late harvest of grapes from the oldest vineyards of the estate. A sweet red particularly suitable to accompany desserts with bitter cocoa or dark chocolate, perhaps garnished with berries. The bouquet is of great aromatic richness, broad and complex, with notes of ripe red fruit, jam, and oriental spices. The sip is warm, dense, and soft, with enveloping and very persistent aromas.

The "Madrigale" is a Primitivo Dolce Naturale that highlights the predisposition of the Primitivo clusters to drying and vinification with a high sugar content. The grapes come from vineyards that have an average age of over 80 years, cultivated according to the ancient bush training method, with a density of 5000 plants per hectare and a yield that does not exceed 40 quintals/ha. Thanks to the presence of numerous old vineyards within the vast estate of the Produttori di Manduria, every year it is possible to select only the best grapes and always produce an excellent wine. The Primitivo variety, which takes its name from its early ripening towards the end of August, is harvested around mid-September to produce the Dolce Naturale, in order to have overripe grapes with a high degree of sugar concentration. Fermentation takes place in steel at controlled temperature, and the wine matures for about six months in steel tanks before being bottled. It finishes its aging with a few months in the cellar before being released on the market.

The Primitivo Dolce "Madrigale" brings into the glass all the sun and warmth of the generous land of Puglia. A red to be savored in company, which gives a voluptuous pleasure and an intense tasting experience, unique in its kind. In the glass, it presents itself with a deep red color with purple reflections. On the nose, it opens with aromas of marasca, ripe red fruit, dark berry jam, spicy notes, toasted notes, and herbs from the Mediterranean scrub. On the palate it is warm and harmonious, seductive and rich, with soft fruity aromas and a texture tannic, silky, and evolved. The finish is of great taste balance and very persistent.