Agricola Pliniana

Agricola Pliniana produces a single denominated wine, the Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG, a naturally sweet red wine made from Primitivo grapes. The DOCG covers 19 municipalities in Puglia, a territory where intense sun and calcareous soils push the fruit to the alcohol levels required by the regulations: a minimum of 16% alcohol, a threshold few grape varieties reach with such naturalness. The *dolce naturale* (naturally sweet) style is the key to understanding the entire project: the sweetness does not come from added sugars but from the full maturity of the grapes, harvested at the point where the bunch concentrates its matter. The result is intense aromas of dried fruit and spices, the signature of a grape variety cultivated here for a very long time. Concentrating everything on a single denomination, especially in its most extreme version, is a choice that exposes the producer to the truth of the climate and soil, without technical shortcuts mediating between the vineyard and the glass.

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