Polvanera 17 | Jéroboam 3 LT | 2008

• VARIETY: Primitivo 100%
• PRODUCTION AREA: Montevella vineyard, Acquaviva delle Fonti
• SOIL: Deep, light-coloured silty-clay soil
• VINE TRAINING SYSTEM: Approx. 70-year-old bush-trained vines
• VINES PER HECTARE: 8,000
• YIELD PER HECTARE: 20/30 hl
• HARVEST: Manual harvest of grapes in crates during the first/second week of September
• MACERATION: 4 weeks
• FERMENTATION: In stainless steel tanks for 4 weeks at 25°C
• AGING: 24 months in stainless steel tanks and one year in bottle
• ALCOHOL CONTENT: 16.5% vol.
• RESIDUAL SUGAR: 8 g/l

TASTING NOTES

• APPEARANCE: Deep purple red with ruby reflections
• NOSE: Very dense bouquet of wild berries, blackberry and plum, with delicate floral notes of rose and vegetal hints of tea leaf, enriched by liquorice, graphite and wild herbs.
• PALATE: Powerful, elegant and austere, supported by smooth tannins and a vibrant acidic-mineral vein. Endless finish in perfect correspondence with the nose.