1 BOTTLE X 75cl. 

"Jo" from the Ionian Sea, the sea that washes the coasts of Manduria.
Jonico is also one of the synonyms of Negramaro, the native vine par excellence of the Great Salento.
TOPONIMO NAME: Marina
EXPOSURE: flat
ALTITUDE: 15 meters above sea level
PORTAINNESTO: 157 / 11C.
CLASSIFICATION: IGT SALENTO NEGRAMARO
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14% vol
HARVEST TIME: mid-September
PRODUCTION AREA: Agro di Manduria in the Province of Taranto loc. San Pietro in Bevagna
SOIL: Red earth
GRAPE VARIETY: Negramaro
EXTENSION OF THE VINEYARD: 1.00 Ha
AGE OF THE VINEYARD: About 40 Years
BREEDING FORM: Sapling
NUMBER OF GEMS BY PLANT: 6 to 8
SIXTH OF PLANT: 1,30 mt. for 1.70 m
NUMBER OF STRAINS: 4500 AVERAGE GRAPE YIELD PER PLANT: 800 Gr.

IN THE VINEYARD: Little use of chemistry, preferably using cover products to combat the main ampelopathies of the vine, mowing of weeds, no fertilization.

HARVEST: Slight withering on the plant, hand-picked in plastic crates with careful selection of the bunches, transport by truck with isothermal container. IN THE CELLAR: sorting table, destemming, soft crushing of the berries, 70 hl stainless steel vat maceration, contact with the skins from three to four weeks, temperature control of the marc cap (Max T. 23-25 ° C) two delestages per day, after the 24 hour racking
in steel to remove the coarsest lees and immediately in French oak barrels 50% new 50% of a single pass. Pressing of the marc with hydraulic vertical press with stainless steel cage. Daily batonnage until the first racking. After about 12 months of maturation in wood the wine without the aid of clarifiers and without filtration and without tartaric precipitation is bottled and after about six months of aging it is released for consumption.