Primitivo  Negroamaro
Channel: A Mano srl
Date: 2015-02-05

A·Mano Negroamaro comes from a single vineyard in the Salento peninsula. It’s an old vineyard, dry-farmed and trained on a trellis. These are the keys to great Negroamaro grapes. After studying lots of vineyards for years we are convinced that Negroamaro is susceptible to sunburn. It needs some shade to protect the beautiful and unusual flavors and the simple trellis system provides the perfect sun screen for these sensitive grapes.

Now the wine: the first note is crushed berries, black cherries and spices. Look again and you find a floral note, like the heart of an apricot colored rose. Floral notes are common in white wines, but rare in reds; Negroamaro is one of the few reds that have it, and it is seductive.
Great Negroamaro is delightful in its youth with all the exuberant fruit flavors.
It will also age for a very long time and develop the complexities of mature Burgundy.