WORLD CLASS WINES OF MANDURIA, PUGLIA

A DEEP PASSION FOR QUALITY

Since 2004, Gianfranco Fino’s focus has been about quality

NO COMPROMISES, NO SHORT-CUTS, AND OBSESSIVE ATTENTION TO HIS VINEYARDS

The payoff of meticulously tending to his vineyards is well worth his efforts

HIS WINES CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE 90+ RATINGS FROM HIGHLY-REGARDED CRITICS

PRISTINE PLANTINGS IN PUGLIA

Gianfranco Fino strived to find the perfect combination of

characteristics in his vineyards in Puglia

Vine maturity

Bush cultivation in red soil

Great planting density

Controlled vigor

Proper clonal selection

THE PHILOSOPHY OF QUALITY

UNPARALLELED CONCENTRATION

OF FLAVOR

OPTIMAL PHENOLIC MATURATION

MAXIMUM EXPRESSION OF TERROIR

Achieved by letting grapes dry on vines

Hand-harvested over weeks, taking special care to

evaluate ripeness of each bunch

Through minimal contact with new and inert oak

“ES” PRIMIVITO DI MANDURIA DOC

Cultivated in the red soils of Agro di Manduria

$90 SRP

Named to honor Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

Freud defines "Es" as instinct and wild passion; a passion which does not give in to rules or compromises, and submits to one principle only: pleasure.

IT IS THE EXPRESSION OF PRIMAL INSTINCT INTO WINE

100% Primitivo

Grapes are lightly dried while still on the vine

Harvested by hand at the end of August

“JO” NEGROAMARO SALENTO IGT

Light drying of the grapes while on vine

$90 SRP

“Jo” derives from the Italian and Latin name for the Ionian sea that near the coast of Manduria

Harvested in September

Macerated in stainless steel tanks for 3-4 wks

Aged in French oak barriques

50% NEW 50% ONCE USED BARRELS

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ES JO

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