Le Vigne di Sammarco S.R.L.

OWNER

Famiglia Rizzello

WINE MAKER

Franco Rizzello

Le Vigne di Sammarco S.R.L.

The Rizzello family has 180 hectares in Italy’s “heel” at Cellino San Marco in the heart of Puglia, between Brindisi and Lecce. Old bush vines are farmed in a traditional manner. The peninsula is surrounded by seas – the Adriatic Sea and Strait of Otranto on one side and the Gulf of Taranto and Ionian Sea on the other. This is a rural agricultural region with olive groves, figs, orange trees as well as vineyards. Puglia has a dry climate and benefits from sea breezes and an underground network of watercourses flowing through the limestone bedrock. Wines produced are rich and high in alcohol with sweet berry fruits.

Appellation
DOP Primitivo di Manduria, IGP Puglia, IGP Salento
Production
Approximately 22.000 quintals depending on the vintage
Soil
Clay, calcareous soils
Climate
Dry climate, sea breezes, Mediterranean
Foundation Founded: 1970
Land Size: 180
Age of Vines: 180
Agriculture: N/A
Grape Variety
Negroamaro, Chardonnay, Susumaniello, Primitivo di Manduria, Malvasia Bianca, Primitivo, Malvasia Nera, Aleatico, Verdeca, Malvasia, Nero di Troia, Fiano
Producer's Wines:
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