Cantina San Donaci
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Cantina San Donaci | Puglia
The San Donaci Cooperative is located in the municipality of the same name in the Apulian province of Brindisi. The Cantina was founded in 1933 by a group of 12 wine growers, one of the first in the region. The vineyards, which are located in the Salento area, are cultivated using the traditional Alberello or Gobelet method. This method, typical of the sunny region of Puglia, results in lower yields and higher quality grape must. The Negroamaro grape variety is by far the most important at San Donaci, but Primitivo and Malvasia Nera are also grown. In recent years, extensive investments have been made in technology and know-how. The high-quality grapes supplied exclusively by the members can thus be vinified accordingly. San Donaci thus produces high quality, sun-drenched wines at reasonable prices. - Gerardo [TS02/23]
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Anticaia · Salento Chardonnay IGP 2022Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
Of straw yellow color and subtle greenish reflections in the glass. The bouquet is fruity, intense and delicate. The palate is dry, harmonious and spicy. The grapes for Salento Chardonnay come from vineyards around the village of San Donaci. - Gerardo [TS02/23]
€ 5,95 7,93 €/L
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Anticaia · Negroamaro Salento IGT 2021Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
Of dry and persistent taste is the Salento Negroamaro Anticaia, which is 100% pressed from the native grape variety Negroamaro. In the fragrance of sour cherries and black currants, and subtle balsamic notes. - Gerardo [TS02/22]
€ 5,95 7,93 €/L
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Anticaia · Primitivo Salento IGT 2021Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The single-varietal Primitivo Anticaia offers a lot for little money: the bouquet is fragrant and reminiscent of preserved fruit. The palate is dry, rich and soft tannins. Our customers favorite since years. - Gerardo [TS02/22]
€ 5,95 7,93 €/L
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Anticaia · Salice Salentino Rosato DOP 2022Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
Salice Salentino Rosato of strong, coral color in the glass. The bouquet is fruity and pronounced, with hints of raspberries, wild berries and rose petals. The palate is dry, yet soft and delicate, with a pleasant freshness and minerality. - Gerardo [TS02/23]
€ 5,95 7,93 €/L
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Anticaia · Salice Salentino DOP 2018Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The grapes for Salice Salentino Anticaia come from vineyards around the village of San Donaci: In the aroma of ripe and preserved fruits, aromatic herbs, licorice and black pepper. Persistent and soft on the palate. - Gerardo [TS02/19]
€ 5,95 7,93 €/L
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Pietra Caya · Salento Malvasia IGP 2021Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The color of the slightly sweet Pietra Caya is a brilliant ruby red. Intense bouquet of wild berries and rum pot. Decently sweet and harmonious on the palate, pleasantly persistent. 100% Malvasia Nera. - Gerardo [TS02/22]
€ 6,95 9,27 €/L
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Anticaia · Salice Salentino Riserva DOP 2018Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The Negroamaro as well as Malvasia Nera grapes for this Salice Salentino Riserva are traditionally raised according to the Alberello system. 'Anticaia' is then aged for 24 months in barrique barrels to develop its unique aroma: the delicate bouquet is reminiscent of fruit under alcohol with subtle notes of spicy herbs and toasted aromas. The palate is dry, soft and of present but mild tannins. A Salice as it used to be. - Gerardo [TS02/19]
€ 6,95 9,27 €/L
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Posta Vecchia · Salento Rosso IGT 2018Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The color of Posta Vecchia is an intense ruby red with amber reflections. The bouquet is reminiscent of ripe red fruits as well as subtle hints of vanilla. In the drink full-bodied and dry, with soft tannins. - Gerardo [TS02/19]
€ 7,50 10,00 €/L
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Contrada del Falco · Salento Rosso IGT 2019Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The color is muted ruby red with garnet inclusions. On the nose vinous, intense and spicy. Dry and full-bodied on the palate, always harmonious and soft. - Gerardo [TS02/20]
€ 7,95 10,60 €/L
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Contrada del Falco · Salento Rosso IGT 2018Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The color is muted ruby red with garnet inclusions. On the nose vinous, intense and spicy. Dry and full-bodied on the palate, always harmonious and soft. - Gerardo [TS02/19]
€ 7,95 10,60 €/L
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Primius · Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2020Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
Intense ruby color in the glass with scattered garnet inclusions. The varietal bouquet is reminiscent of cherries and raspberries and some toasted almonds. - Gerardo [TS02/21]
€ 7,95 10,60 €/L
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Pietra Caya · Passito di Malvasia Nera IGT 2019Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
The color of this sweet Passito wine is a strong ruby red with violet reflections. The aroma is very intense and pronounced with notes of wild berries. The palate is full-bodied, round and harmonious with a pleasant natural sweetness. - Gerardo [TS02/20]
€ 9,50 19,00 €/L
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Fulgeo · Negroamaro Salento IGP 2018Cantina San Donaci, Puglia
Fulgeo is the top Negroamaro from the house of San Donaci and deep garnet color with a dark core. The bouquet is fruity and spicy, with hints of ripe blackberries and plums. The palate of present, soft tannins and full body. - Gerardo [TS02/19]
€ 11,95 15,93 €/L
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Cantina San Donaci | Puglia | Buy at Gerardo
Cantina San Donaci was founded in 1933 as one of the oldest wineries in the Salento area in 1933 by 12 wine growers. After overcoming the initial skepticism and start-up difficulties, other winemakers joined the business. The concept of joint processing and marketing had proved successful. Today, San Donaci has reached a stately size in the Apulia region with almost 1,000 members, but production remains in the healthy middle range with just under 500,000 bottles annually. Through diligence, quality management and the gradual modernization of the winery, San Donaci has certainly contributed to the shaping of the Salento zone.
The wines of Puglia - above all Primitivo and Negroamaro - have a loyal following around the world. Nevertheless, the wines from the deep south of Italy are still somewhat overshadowed by their famous cousins from the more northern 'cult regions' such as Tuscany or Piedmont. Yet the wines from southern Italy have caught up mightily in terms of quality, and there is another advantage that cannot be dismissed out of hand: In Puglia, sun-drenched wines of consistently high quality are available at low prices. Especially in terms of Primitivo - above all the Primitivo di Manduria - Puglia has a special trump card to offer, with the San Donaci cooperative being one of the most important producers of this variety.
With its numerous winegrowers, Cantina San Donaci cultivates a good part of Manduria, the growing area of the Primitivo di Manduria. The Primitivo vines there are raised according to the Alberello method, which is also known as Gobelet raising. The peculiarity of this form of vine cultivation is that the vines are grown on long wooden poles. This sometimes wild appearance, however, is not due to showmanship but to the extremely dry and hot climate of the region, which is typical of the region and gives the wine from Puglia its unique character. The Alberello education of the vines leads to lower yields with higher extract and thus a very good quality of the grape must.
You should not be deceived by the deliberately ancient cellar vaults: San Donaci's technical know-how is at a high level. The temperature-controlled and computer-controlled fermentation process takes place in modern stainless steel tanks. The ultra-modern pressing plant ensures a clean end product in which the organoleptic characteristics of the grape material as well as its typicity are optimally preserved. San Donaci is particularly proud of its barrique cellar, whose antique style illustrates the link with Apulian tradition. Almost all the wines of the Cantina are aged - at least for a short time - in barrique barrels. This is not to mask the natural fruit of the grape varieties used, but to round out the flavor picture in its entirety. Speaking of grape varieties, the members of the Cantina are motivated to deliver only high-quality grape material, because this is better remunerated by San Donaci. - Gerardo [TS02/23]