Centino Primitivo Salento IGT 2022 - Castel di Salve

An ancestor of the current owner of the Castel di Salve Francesco Winspeare had to flee the country as an Allied loser after the War of the Roses between the English noble houses from 1455 to 1485. The young man finally arrived in Puglia, where he started a family with a local noblewoman. One of their possessions was the Castel di Salve. The prosperity of the Winspeare family (as of Apulia in general) was based even more on the extraction of olive oil, which was not only used as food but also for lighting in oil lamps. It was only much later that the cultivation of grapevines became more important and, in addition to Castel di Salve, a winery was built, where the harvests of the family's two other estates were also brought in. Francesco Winspeare's first Primitivo came onto the market just a few years ago. The Cento su Cento was a resounding success. Now Winspeare has followed suit by a second Primitivo, the Centino. He wanted to offer a wine that would express the characteristics of this ancient grape variety without adopting the high alcohol content (around 15.5%) of Cento. The result is a wine of intense fruitiness with notes of cooked wild berries and cloves. Smooth but not sweet on the palate, it is a delicious mining wine that perfectly accompanies freshly prepared pasta.