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In the heart of Murgia Barese, in the hills streching from Turi to Gioia del Colle, the Giuliani Vini was founded, attended with love and experience and grown up under the present guide of Vito Donato Giuliani.
The geographical exposure and the Mediterranean climate of the territories where the vineyards extend allow the bunches to reach the right ripening level and give the wines unique qualities. The intense purple red characterising the grape of Primitivo and Aleatico enlightens and defines, during ripening, the apulian area where it extends and generates, year after year, very extraordinary and unique wines.
The estate covers an area of about fifty hectares along the street called “under the channel”, near the archeological park of Monte Sannace.
The production cycle is followed with care and passion in order to obtain wines of high quality. The harvest follows experience and tradition and it is still hand made. Vinification and bottling are carried out by the oenologist Luca Petrelli and the agronomist and owner Donato Giuliani.
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Primitivo Gioia del Colle
NOTES OF AN APULIAN NATIVE WINE
Primitivo is an apulian native vine with a medium vigour black berry, that gives great production but not so constant. History tells it comes from Dalmatia and then arrives to Apulia thanks to the Illiri around3000 years ago.
One of its characteristics is the late sprouting, between the second half of April and the first week of May, that lets it protect from the spring frost, frequent on the apulian hilly areas. The name comes from the harvest that is carried out earlier than ordinary time, between the end of August and the first half of September. Primitivo Gioia del Colle DOC is a delicate wine, complex, harmonic, soft and pleasant to the palate.
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OUR VARIETAL WINES
The vines included in the composition of the territory of Gioia del Colle are made of residuals from the calcareous rocks dissolution, containing oxides and hydroxides of iron and aluminium. It is a clay land, rich of potassium and poor of organics, perfect for the plantation of excellent red and white wines. The vineyard sinks its roots into the calcareous land under the thin fertile layer. The elevation of the vine territories ranges between 800 and 1,500 feet ( 200 mt and 450 mt) ( on the sea level, on light grades, extending towards south-east.
SUSUMANIELLO
It is known with various names like “Somarello Nero – Black Little Donkey”, Susomaniello, Zingariello. In the local dialect it means “to load like a donkey”, as Susumaniello is a very productive native vine. The bunches are big and dense. The skin is thin and the ripening begins early, mid September, however not beyond October.
MINUTOLO
It is a very aromatic native variety, known also as Fiano, Moscatellina or Fianello. Since the beginning of last decade, scientists have confirmed that the vine has no relation with fiano of Campania, while it is linked to white Moscato. Its bunches are medium size, elongated with medium-small grapes. It ripens early, at the beginning of September.
NEGROAMARO
It is one of the best known vines of Puglia. History dates its birth back to the VII-VI century B.C. but it is renowned with the name “Negroamaro” only since XIX century. It has got a very clamped bunch with size grapes. The grape harvest is carried out between the end of September and the beginning of October.
MALVASIA
It is a black berry vine, common in most parts of Puglia. The bunch and the grape are medium size, the skin is thin and plummy. The vine produces an intense ruby red wine with violet reflections. If processed together with Negroamaro, without pomace, it can produce excellent rosé wines. It is usually harvested in mid-September.
ALEATICO
It is a red berry vine, common in various areas of Puglia. The grape is medium size, irregular shaped, with a plummy transparent skin, producing a very aromatic, fruity, sweet wine to pair with desserts.
CHARDONNAY
The Chardonnay vine, with white berries, has a green-yellow, thin and plummy skin. From Chardonnay you can obtain still, fizzy or sparkling wines, with elevated alcohol content and good acidity. The wine is pale yellow with delicate and fruity smell.
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ORGANIC AND VEGAN WINES
As we love nature, we take care. Some wines of ours are certified “Organic” as they come from 100% organic grapes, cultivated without using synthetic chemicals and vinification has been carried out by using organic certified wine products. We also care for the Vegan world. Some wines of ours are produced without using any animal products of animal origin and this is always specified in the back label.
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