Vinicola Savese Pichierri
Vinicola Savese Pichierri, a small family run winery producing high-quality Primitivo for four generations, and is the oldest producer of Primitivo di Manduria located in the countryside of Sava, heart of the Primitivo di Manduria region in the province of Taranto and near to the city of the same name. Their wines are a reflection of the history, tradition and passion that extends back to a time when the wine was more precisely known as “Vino di Sava” or “Primitivo di Sava,” before it became known, as it is today, as Primitivo di Manduria given the name from the transport to northern Italy and France through the only train station at the time in the town of Manduria.
Since the 1970s, the siblings have steered the winery into the modern world of wine producing the maximum expression of this grape variety. Today, Vittorio, Roberto and Aldo are assisted by their grandchildren Massimiliano and Mara, and perseverance in the use of ancient winemaking traditions, supported by the most modern technologies, have repaid the efforts made and the constant commitment to a passion inherited and jealously guarded by the Pichierri family.
The winery was founded by Gaetano Pichierri in 1952, a farmer, then a wine-maker who gained experience in Sava’s old wineries, the fame of whom spread throughout Italy in the 19th century thanks to the enologists Amerigo Mancini and Guido Calò. After the war, Gaetano set up his own winery, which would be later passed on to his sons Cosimo, Vittorio, Roberto and Aldo.
The watchword for the Pichierri winery is quality. The traditional and territorial approach of the winery is manifested in the countryside with what are traditional methods, but also now highly prized current best practice in strictly manual management of the vineyard, selection of the buds, green cleaning, selection and regulation of only the best grape, defoliation, minimal, targeted and non-invasive treatments.
In the cellar, where the magic happens...
NUMERO 01
As well as making a wider range of wines, these ‘Artisans of Primitivo’ are our selected partners and producers of NUMERO 01, our Primitivo di Manduria, the wine that has inspired our concept of the ‘NUMERO Collection’ to showcase 100 iconic wines from the twenty different regions of Italy.
The NUMERO Collection is our no-nonsense way of presenting the best of the best; no sexy picture label on the front and a general description of the wine on the back that falls well short of what the wine tastes like and could describe any of a thousand other wines.
We are deeply passionate about the quality of our wines, and the craftmanship that has gone into making them. On all of our NUMERO wines, simply labelled 01 to 100, you will find a full and complete description of the wine, where it has come from and proper tasting notes.
NUMERO 01 is simply exceptional, made from carefully blending together separate batches of wine aged for 9 months in traditional oak barrels and then in 100 year old ‘Capasoni’. It has an intense character and a strong personality faithfully reflecting the territory. The colour is deep ruby red with garnet flashes. On the nose, fruit notes are enriched by spice and vanilla from the aging in wood, and on the palate, black fruit, subtle hints of sultana, raisin and chocolate. In the mouth it is full bodied and velvety with well-integrated tannins and long persistence. Enjoyable now, but it also has excellent aging potential which will give it further complexity and depth over time. Perfect with robust meat dishes, game and aged cheese.
Discovering "Vino di Sava"
