PRODUCER
PETRACAVALLO
Mottola, PUGLIA
INFORMATION
VITO IS A YOUNG WINEMAKER DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH HIS LAND, DESIROUS TO PRODUCE WINES AS ARTISANAL AS THE ONES HIS GRANDFATHER WOULD SOMETIMES LET HIM TASTE AS A CHILD. HIS FATHER, PEPPINO, IS AN EXPERIENCED WINEMAKER WITH YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO OFFER. WHAT INITIALLY SEEMED LIKE A CRAZY IDEA, ALMOST A DARE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON, IS NOW A THRIVING WINERY CALLED PETRACAVALLO, WHICH CRAFTS WINES THAT REFLECT BOTH TRADITION AND INNOVATION. MAKING WINE, AT PETRACAVALLO, MEANS WORKING THE EARTH AND THE VINEYARD WITH THE UTMOST CARE. GRAPES ARE GROWN USING TRADITIONAL METHODS, WITHOUT PESTICIDES, HAND-HARVESTED AND UNDERGO SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION WITHOUT ADDED YEASTS, ENZYMES, OR OTHER ADDITIVES. MINIMAL SULFUR IS USED AT BOTTLING ONLY.

BIANCO D'ALESSANO
GRAPES: BIANCO D'ALESSANO
STYLE: MACERATO
SOILS: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STAINLESS STEEL, 4 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, 6 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 12 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE
NEGROAMARO
GRAPES: NEGROAMARO
STYLE: ROSATO
SOILS: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STAINLESS STEEL, 20 HOURS OF SKIN CONTACT, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, 6 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 3 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE
VERDECA FRIZZANTE
GRAPES: VERDECA
STYLE: MACERATO FRIZZANTE
SOILS: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STAINLESS STEEL, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, SECOND FERMENTATION IN THE BOTTLE WITH FROZEN MUST OF THE SAME VINTAGE, 6 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 3 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE
PRIMITIVO
GRAPES: PRIMITIVO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STEEL, 12 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, 12 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 12 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE
BIG FOOT
GRAPES: MONTEPULCIANO
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: WHOLE CLUSTER, CARBONIC MACERATION, FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STAINLESS STEEL, 4 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED, 6 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 12 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE
BYE BYE BYE!
GRAPES: FIANO
STYLE: MACERATO
SOIL: CALCAREOUS CLAY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS IN STAINLESS STEEL, 6 MONTHS AGING IN STAINLESS STEEL, 3 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE, NOT CLARIFIED, NOT FILTERED