ATTANASIO, estate in the Puglia region of Italy producing red wines under the Primitivo di Manduria DOC. It used to sell its grapes to the local co-op.

OWNERS | Siblings Luca (vineyards and winery) and Alessandro (administration). Their father was Guiseppe.

VINEYARDS| 5ha of Primitivo. Some from 1920s vines.

WINERY | In the centre of the city of Manduria. 

RED WINES

Primitivo di Manduria DOCG | 2011 16.5% alc. Dry.

Primitivo di Mandura DOCG, Dolce Naturale | 2011 ‘Harvested 20 days later than for the dry wines. 6% of potential alcohol as RS. Like amarone but with stronger notes of iodine’, says Filippo Bartolotta. | 2012 14.5% (20% potential alcohol)

CONTACT

Attanasio

Via per Oria n.13

I-74024 Manduria (TA = Taranto), Puglia, Italia

Tel+39 099 9737121

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Filippo Bartolotta, ‘Southern promise,’ Decanter Italy supplement2016, p.79-82