Fatalone Teres 2023
Azienda Agricola Petrera Pasquale has been making wine in the Gioia del Colle region of Puglia since the late 1800's, though it wasn't until 1987 the family began bottling their estate wine, Fatalone. The Pasquales make four wines: three different Primitivos and one Greco. Their vineyards are farmed organically (certified) while also utilizing biodynamic practices. All wines are fermented in stainless steel, and if oak is used during the elevage, it is always large, old barrels of Slavonian oak, often with calm music as an accompaniment. Sulfur is only used at bottling to stabilize the wine, which allows for maximum expression of terroir: purity of fruit, elegance and transparency. The Fatalone wines are the most expressive and refined in Puglia and are among some of Italy's finest red wines made today.