Overview

• Estate Owned by: Gianfranco Fino• Wine Region: Puglia• Winemaker: Gianfranco Fino• Total Acreage Under Vine: 20• Estate Founded: 2004• Winery Production: 18,000 Bottles

Location

• Located in Manduria in the region of Puglia. • The region is normally hot during the day, the cooler evening hours see small

congregations of people in the city centers and piazzas. • Puglia is known for a decidedly more rustic style of wine, which can be experienced

with its four DOCG wines. • Primitivo di Manduria DOC is a wine made from Primitivo, the Italian cousin to

Zinfandel, which results in a high-alcohol, spicy version of the popular American wine.

History

• Gianfranco Fino started his searched for a vineyard with extremely peculiar characteristic: oldness, bush cultivation in red soil, good density of planting, scarce vigor and proper grape clone.

• In January 2004 he and his wife Simona purchased a very small, 50 year old vineyard in the Manduria region of Puglia.

• In 2006, two other small plots were saved from being uprooted and added to the estate.

• Today, the estate covers 20 acres, including a little plot of 40-year old Negroamaro vines near the sea

Philosophy• From the very beginning, Gianfranco Fino’s focus has been

about quality and obsessive attention to his vineyards: no compromises, no short cuts.

• The couple’s passion for winemaking led them to seek out a vineyard with the perfect combination of characteristics: vine maturity, bush cultivation in red soil, good planting density, controlled vigor, and proper clonal selection.

Winemaking

• Fino allows the grapes to dry on the vines for a bit of time before collecting them.

• He hand- harvests all the grapes, taking special care to make sure that each bunch is free of mold and perfectly ripe.

• In the winery, he believes in using a healthy balance of new and inert oak to give the wines a hint of barrel aging without covering up any of his terroir’s expression.

Es Primitivo di Manduria DOC

• 100% Primitivo • According to Sigmund Freud, "Es" is

defined as instinct and wild passion; a passion which does not give into rules or compromises. Es submits to one principle only: pleasure.

• Aromas of red fruit, pepper, sweet spices and cardamom.

• Pair with foods such as gnocchi bathed in tomato sauces, roasted lamb shank, and braised beef.