Tormaresca Torcicoda Primitivo Salento 2023

The Torcicoda Primitivo is produced by Tormaresca, the company that bears the name and represents Antinori in southern Italy. Founded in 1998, it is made up of two estates: Bocca di Lupo, located in the Murgia Barese and Masseria Maime, located in the beating heart of Puglia, Salento. Antinori’s goal is precisely to enhance the Apulian terroir, which, despite having long been among the main producers of wine grapes on the peninsula, has never been able to fully express its identity. By cultivating only native vines in harmony and cohesion with the territory, in recent years the company has been contributing to the region’s wine renaissance.

Produced on the Masseria Maime estate, the Tormaresca Torcicoda Primitivo is the result of attention to detail, enthusiasm, and passion. This intense red is obtained solely from Primitivo grapes that are selected and harvested as soon as they are overripe and then pressed. The must is then macerated with delicate pumping over and fermentation for 13 days in stainless steel tanks. Fermented at a controlled temperature no higher than 27°C, it is transferred to French and Hungarian oak barriques for malolactic fermentation. After 10 months of aging in barriques, it matures for another 6 months in the bottle before being released for sale. The term “Torcicoda” derives on the one hand from one of the tools used to care for horses, and on the other from the lush nature of the shoots and leaves of this vine, also known as “the 3 harvests” due to its fertility.