Tenuta Macchiarola - Don Franco 2021

A complex, minerally red from Puglia, made with Negroamaro grapes.

Red and dark fruits - berries, cherries, and plums - a touch of stewed fruit, with spice, dusty earth, generous minerality. Beautifully opens up in the glass, revealing violets, hints of citrus, tobacco and a touch of menthol. Dry and medium to full bodied on the palate, with rich chewy tannins, bright acidity, and a generously long finish. It's elegantly grippy in texture with a savoury, mineral driven.

Spontaneous fermentation followed by a 20 day maceration, with punch downs and pump overs, before resting for 18 months in steel with occasional racking and batonnage.