Apollonio Primitivo Terragnolo

Full-bodied well-structured palate. It has vivid undertones of ripe fruits and spices with a pleasant subtle astringency. An excellent lingering fruit-driven finish enriched with mellow notes of coconut. Due to its full body it is best drunk with game dishes. Training system: old bush vines. Trunks are kept short: 40-60 cm high. Few buds (6-8) in order to ensure high-quality yields. Climate: mediterranean. It is mild thanks to the influence of the sea which offers long sunny (average sunshine hours per year: 2 600) dry (500-600 mm/yr) summers to the salento peninsula. Cold season is short and mild. The adriatic coast from the town of otranto to that of santa maria di leuca is rainier than the ionian coast towards gallipoli where north african winds blow more frequently. The areas north of otranto have a slightly lower temperature due to the influence of the balkan peninsula. Region: : mostly flat areas dotted with a few low hills. From a geological point of view the re