Primitivo Malbec Morella 2022
Primitivo Malbec is one of the two blends created by winemaker Lisa Gilbee. In these two blends, Lisa combines tradition with innovation, creating wines that can be enjoyed young or given time to refine their flavors further. Primitivo Malbec combines the typical Apulian variety Primitivo with the old French variety Malbec, which Lisa had worked with in her native Australia. The grapes were grown on forty-year-old biodynamically farmed vineyards around the town of Manduria. Primitivo Malbec combines the fruity notes of Primitivo with the deeper herbal tones of Malbec. The resulting wine boasts aromas of cherries with hints of mint or spices and a balanced taste with elegant tannins and spicy notes.
Composition: 85% Primitivo, 15% Malbec
Aging: 12 months in French oak Allier barrels and 8 months in the bottle
Recommendation: red meats, grilled meats, salami
Serving temperature: 18 °C
Allergens: sulfites
Country of origin: Italy
Morella
The Morella winery is one of the best wineries in the Puglia region. This tiny family winery, with an annual production not exceeding 30,000 bottles, is located in the town of Manduria. Gaetano Morella, along with his wife Lisa Gilbee, manually manages their 20 hectares of vineyards according to the principles of biodynamic viticulture. The oldest vineyards with unique character reach up to 80 years of age and provide the wines with a pronounced minerality. Morella wines are true gems and stand out from other similar wines with their freshness and lightness, which are due to the very early harvest and extremely low yield not exceeding 2,000 kg of grapes per hectare. Their experiments with the Malbec variety, led by Lisa, are also very interesting. She was considered a very talented winemaker in her native Australia, a fact she now proves in Italy with her cuvées.
