Gianfranco Fino "Es" Salento Primitivo IGT 2020 750ML
Es according to Freud: it is instinct and unbridled passion (the same this wine has been produced with), with no rules, no constraints, beyond space, time, logic and moral. It doesn’t know neither good nor bad. Es is submitted to one sole principle: “PLEASURE”
HARVEST: Manual harvest in plastic cases with careful selection of the bunches, transport by refrigerator trucks.
IN THE CELLAR : Sorting table, destemming, soft crushing of the grapes, maceration in 70hl stainless steel tanks, from 2 to 3 weeks contact of the skins with the must, control of the temperature of the marc cap, 2 daily délestages, soft pressing of the skins with hydraulic vertical crusher. After approx. 9 months of oak ageing wine is bottled with no aid of fining agents and tartaric precipitations and released to the market after approx. 6 months of bottle ageing.
ESTATE: Gianfranco Fino's adventure began in 2004, with the quest for the perfect vineyard that had to have special and unique characteristics. The search came to an end almost immediately, with the purchase of a very modest 50 year Primitivo vineyard of around 2 hectares, which was later extended with the cultivation of additional rented land.
Gianfranco Fino's adventure began in 2004, with the quest for the perfect vineyard that had to have special and unique characteristics. The search came to an end almost immediately, with the purchase of a very modest 50-year-old Primitivo vineyard of around 2 hectares, which was later extended with the cultivation of additional rented land.
This brief history alone would be enough to consider Gianfranco Fino as part of the group of winegrowers faithful to tradition, keen to save old vineyards and keep their specific characteristics alive.
His painstaking work and his great wines speak for themselves: his Primitivo di Manduria follows an innovative approach. Despite maintaining the traditional approach of blending grapes from different vineyards, which is a well-established custom in these areas, it reveals a truly surprising power and structure.