Matane Primitivo Puglia IGT Italy 2021

Matané was founded in 2008 in Salento. The wine and the brand is owned by the Empson Family while the winemaking is done by Teo D’Apolito with the support of the Empson family. Since 2018, Matanè wines are estate grown and bottled in the facilities of Cantine Paradiso, in Cerignola.

The Matané mission consists in exploring, enhancing and exporting the richness and excellence of Salento viniculture in the original Empson spirit. The Matané packaging correspondingly pays homage to Salento and depicts one of its symbols, a traditional local dance called pizzica. In ancient times, the pizzica was a ritual dance connected to Dionysus (a.k.a. Bacchus), the god of wine: a heritage from neighboring Greece and its settlers in Apulia. The poem inscribed on the labels of Matané wines tells about the celebrations that happen during the harvest time: every night, after the harvest, locals get together and dance under the moonlight to celebrate the grapes that will soon become wine.

Very deep ruby red with violet reflections Fruity, spicy and intense bouquet, with notes of plums, cherries, rosemary and vanilla. Full, mellow, well balanced wine showing immediate appeal.