“Jo” from Ionian Sea, the sea that washes the coasts of Manduria. Ionian is also one of the synonyms of Negroamaro, quintessential native grape variety of Grande Salento.
Name of the wine: Jo
Exposure: Flat
Classification: Igt Salento Negroamaro
Harvest period: Mid september
Production area: Manduria countryside
Soil: Clay and limestone
Grape variety: Negroamaro
Training system: Guyot
Exposure: Flat
Classification: Igt Salento Negroamaro
Harvest period: Mid september
Production area: Manduria countryside
Soil: Clay and limestone
Grape variety: Negroamaro
Training system: Guyot
HARVEST: Manual harvest in plastic cases with careful selection of the bunches, transport by refrigerator trucks.
IN THE CELLAR: Sorting table, destemming, soft crushing of the grapes, maceration in stainless steel tanks, from 2 to 3 weeks contact of the skins with the must, control of the temperature of the marc cap, 2 daily déléstages, soft pressing of the skins with hydraulic vertical crusher. After approx. 9 months of oak ageing wine is bottled with no aid of fining agents and tartaric precipitations and released to the market after approx. 12 months of bottle ageing.
IN THE CELLAR: Sorting table, destemming, soft crushing of the grapes, maceration in stainless steel tanks, from 2 to 3 weeks contact of the skins with the must, control of the temperature of the marc cap, 2 daily déléstages, soft pressing of the skins with hydraulic vertical crusher. After approx. 9 months of oak ageing wine is bottled with no aid of fining agents and tartaric precipitations and released to the market after approx. 12 months of bottle ageing.