“1943 Rosso del Fondatore” Salento DOC 2021

Cantine Due Palme | Puglia
Soc. Coop. Agricola Cantine Due Palme | Via San Marco 130 | IT 72020 Cellino San Marco

15043321 · 0,75 l · 44,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

1943 – the year in which Angelo Maci was born in Salento. It is therefore no coincidence that this wine bears his name: The "Rosso del Fondatore" is the personal project of the founder of Due Palme, an assemblage that he oversees himself and that expresses his own standards for Puglia. Primitivo and Aglianico in equal parts – two temperaments that complement each other. The Primitivo brings dark fruit and warmth, the Aglianico structure, acidity and length. The grapes are harvested late, fermented in steel and then aged for nine months in new barriques – followed by further bottle ageing. The numbered bottles are not a marketing gimmick: they are an expression of a wine that is owed and given attention.

Intense red in the glass with violet reflections. The nose is complex and warm: roasted coffee, ripe cherry, plum, vanilla, dark spices. Dense and structured on the palate, with depth and a long, spicy final. A wine that shows what the flagship cooperative Due Palme is capable of when no compromises are required. SUPERIORE.DE

"Lots of ripe and baked dark-cherry character to this full-bodied red, as well as some mint jelly and tobacco. It’s bold and dense with smoky hints. Evolves to walnuts and scorched earth. Drink now or hold." James Suckling