Description
Through the cultivation of the grapevine linked to the enhancing the value of the products of his land, Michele Calò stands out as forerunner of high quality wines in Salento. Now his wines can be sold on great international markets worthy to welcome them. From Tuglie, in all Italy and all over the world. A great rematch taken by that man who left with the Salentine sun in his heart.
FERNANDO and GIOVANNI CALÒ. Values which don’t disappear.
Fernando and Giovanni control the various phases of the activities developed with the great passion transmitted by their father. But they work also with an innovative spirit and with the awereness that only undertaking really to do something, gives hoped outcomes, sastisfying also more demanding palates.
To create wines respecting nature and traditions.
The modern cultivation of wine requires the recovery and the ennoblement of the old native grapevines. In the winery Calò the historic grapevines as Negroamaro,black Malvasia, Primitivo and Verdeca, are always at the basis of the production. There are strong grapevines for important and elegant wines, able to cause intense emotions. These outcomes require a constant care and a great attention in the grapevine and in the winery in every moment of they year, to give the best, respecting nature and traditions.
Wine Making
VINIFICATION: It’s traditional vinification with a continuing maceration of grapes and racking-off with an evident intensity of colors and scents. When the grape harvest ends, the starting ageing of wine occurs partly (v50%) in steel containers and the remaining part in small valuable oak barrels for about 12 months. Then, at the right moment, the wine blending occurs and after a period of rest, the product is bottled and put on the market after an ageing in bottle of one year. The wine “Spano” is produced exclusively during “the most beneficial vintages”. The bottles of this wine put on the market belong to the following vintages: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007. The wine “Spano” is the result of the union of the experience and the will to create a “Great” Red Wine from our land with its feature of an unique tipicalness. It may be well-known like many other excellent red wines produed not only in Salentine land. It reveals extraordinary strongness and complexity; it is a long aged wine.
More Details
The wine “Spano” is exclusively produced during “the most beneficial vintages” in the Sannicola vineyards, it is the result of the union of the experience and the will to create a “Great” Red Wine from our land with its feature of an unique tipicalness.
GRAPES: 100% Negroamaro grape. These well-known grapes are growed in the Salentine municipality of Sannicola with the traditional planting technique of Apulian “Alberello” (bush) or “Alberello Pugliese”.
TYPE OF THE TERRAIN: red soil mixed with sand and of medium blending.
PERIOD OF GRAPE HARVEST: last weeks of September/first weeks of October (when the plant is lightly withering).
TYPE OF HARVEST: picking by hand.
MEDIUM PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 60 quintals of grape.
ORGANOLEPTIC FEATURES:
Color: intense ruby red with garnet reflections and a good concentration.
Scent: pronounced, with odors of spices and berries.
Flavour: with a full and a smooth character at the same time. It has a good balance and reveals a strong character.
Our suggestion: this wine may be served at about 16°-18°.
GASTRONOMIC PAIRING: it combines well with relevant meat and venison course, with hard and aged cheeses.
This wine may be sipped during conversation and after the end of meal.
Annual production: 8.500 bottles
