Fatalone Primitivo Reserva

This powerful wine is full of dark berry and dried fruit flavours, such as fig and dried cherry. It's so very expressive, velvety smooth and sweetly fruited you cannot help but enjoy it immensely. Ruby red intense colour with slight burgundy hues. Scent typical of very ripe fruits and slightly toasted wood and spices, with some balsamic notes. Full bodied, rich in minerality and freshness, balanced smooth taste of black sour cherry and plum tending to velvety with ripe fruity notes of blackberry and mulberry, and spices like clove and cacao. The feature that makes this natural authentic Primitivo of Gioia del Colle unique is the toasted almond aftertaste.

In the late 19th century, Petrera Nicola decided to build his home within the winery and chose the hill called Spinomarino, for its lofty, well-aired and sunny position, among the best ones in the entire area of Gaudella (South-eastern area of Gioia del Colle) to grow Primitivo grapes. Their winery, with their strict family management, has always practiced organic farming, considered as a life-style in the respect of Nature and every living creature starting with ourselves, and not only as a trendy business model. To guarantee their activity, since 2000, they have been Certified Organic by the Institute for Ecology and Ethics Certification (I.C.E.A) also in accordance with the standards of the American National Organic Program (N.O.P.).

The brand name of the wine originated with Filippo Petrera (2nd generation), Nicola’s son, who was, in his time, nicknamed Il Fatalone. It quickly caught on becoming the family nickname. Fatalone translates literally into “Lady Killer” or “one who can boast to be an irresistible seducer of women” much like the legendary Don Juan. Filippo Petrera lived until the age of 98, metaphorically speaking between Bacchus and Venus, having breakfast every morning till his last day with half a litre of Primitivo and half a litre of fresh milk.