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Primitivo vs Syrah (Vital Stats)

Here follows all you need to know about their individual characteristics. We're sure you'll find they each punch above their weight class, providing a knock-out experience after a few good rounds.

Masseria San Magno Primitivo

Vintage: 2016

Grapes: 100% Primitivo

Colour: Red-purple with great density.
Nose: Bouquet of ripe jam and tobacco.
Taste: The palate features red fruit, ripe plums and dark chocolate. It closes with ripe, warm and rich tannins.

Food: Excellent with rich stews and game. Pasta dishes such as Rigatoni with aubergine and sausage will also highlight its best characteristics.

Background:

Masseria San Magno is the product of a project conceived by young people with a belief in the farming culture of their land of origin and of its wine productions, full of flavour and rich in history. This is a place where young hands create and leave tangible signs of their loving passage in every instant of care for the vineyards and transformation of the grapes into wine.

A completely refurbished winery, preserving the original structure and materials, dating back to the 19th century, welcomes and cradles the grapes of varieties native to Apulia, including Nero di Troia and Bombino Bianco, used to make the red, white and rosé wines of Masseria San Magno. MASSERIA SAN MAGNO is situated in the Alta Murgia territory, a land very with a strong vocation for agriculture since time immemorial. The presence of ancient populations is testified by a recently discovered necropolis with tumulus tombs, which testifies the presence of human inhabitants during the VII and the VI centuries B.C.

Baglio di Grisi Syrah

Vintage: 2015

Grapes: 100% Syrah

Colour: Deep ruby-red in colour with intense violet hues.
Nose: Delicate but well-developed scents of cherry and raspberry, liquorice and candied fruit.
Taste: Soft tannins and elegant minerality on the palate with a spicy finish for a long, persistent after-taste.

Food: A substantial red for serving with roast red meats and game, as well as risottos.

Background:

For over a century Feudo Disisa has belonged to the Di Lorenzo family who had the intuition of discovering the potential of this land and, using the most advanced technologies, managed to transform the original pasture and sowing fields into luxuriant olive groves. In the years between 1930 and 1940 the estate underwent its first great transformation thanks to the work of Mario Di Lorenzo who widened the production area both of vines and olive trees, radically changing the territory’s agricultural, economic and social configuration. The estate is situated over more than 100 hectares of vineyards, perched on the hills of the historic village of Monreale, between Palermo and Trapani. It has always been known for the excellent quality of its products, obtained through a balanced approach to research, innovation and respect for tradition.

Baglio di Grisi recalls its name to the word Grisi that comes from the Greek word “Krysos” meaning “Gold”, which later became in the Byzantine period “Grysòs”, “Golden Land”, where the word “Gold” refers precisely to the richness of the fertile and cultivated land, which have made these places full of charm and magic. The origin of this name seems to be referred to an ancient Arabic legend according to which - in a cave near the Feudo Disisa - a huge treasure would be hidden, left there from Saracen people when in 1091 the Norman kicked them out from the Island.