Mottura
Salento Primitivo Rosato 2025
| Denomination | IGT Salento |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Primitivo |
| Aging | In steel and bottle. |
- Type and region: Still rosé wine IGT Salento, Puglia, made from Primitivo grapes
- Aromatic profile: Pale pink colour, aromas of rose petals and small red fruits
- Taste: Fresh, harmonious and balanced on the palate, with a clean finish
- Vinification: Gentle pressing and cold clarification to obtain clear must
- Fermentation and ageing: Fermentation at 15–16 °C for 10–12 days, maturation in steel and bottle
Description
What kind of wine it is
Villa Mottura Salento Primitivo Rosato, produced by Mottura, is a still rosé wine with Indicazione Geografica Tipica status, made from Primitivo grapes, a bright expression of the Apulian region. In the glass, it displays a pale pink hue, introducing a clear and elegant bouquet. On the nose, there are notes of rose petals intertwined with delicate hints of small red fruits. The palate reveals a fresh, harmonious and balanced taste profile, offering a clean sip, enhanced by maturation in steel and bottle.
Where it comes from
This rosé originates in the heart of Salento, in Apulia, an area with a distinctly Mediterranean climate, characterised by mild winters and hot summers that favour the perfect ripening of Primitivo. The vines, trained on a vertical trellis, sink their roots into loam-clay soils, ideal for balancing acidic freshness and fruit richness. Harvesting takes place at the end of August, picking the grapes at their peak aromatic expression.
How it is produced
The production process begins with gentle pressing of the grapes and static pre-fermentation clarification at low temperature, a crucial step to obtain a perfectly clear must. This is followed by alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature between fifteen and sixteen degrees for about ten to twelve days, a technique aimed at preserving the integrity of the aromas. The wine completes its journey with maturation in steel and bottle, ensuring its clarity and expressive stability.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
12 - 14 °C
Longevity:
03 - 05 years
- Start up year: 1927
- Oenologist: Teodosio D'Apolito
- Bottles produced: 1.800.000
- Hectares: 120
The Mottura estate is located in Tuglie, a small town in the Southern part of the Salento Peninsula. The building is still the original one, a beautiful late 19th century, Baroque-style farmhouse. Here, the cellars hide the secrets of an ancient family villa and wines age slowly in oak barrels and barriques to develop the aromas, colours and atmosphere of the land.
In almost a century of history Mottura has made great steps forward, changing and growing as wine-making on the Salento peninsula has evolved and changed for the better. As early as the 1940s large iron-ringed barrels of Mottura wines were loaded onto Northbound trains in Tuglie, headed for three plants in Naples, Rome and Milan where the wines of the Salento peninsula were distributed and appreciated. However, the Mottura estate had intentions to go beyond this, and in the ’60s it became one of the first wineries in the area to bottle its own wine. The goal to characterise the Mottura brand was clear from the start: combining big numbers with appreciable, genuine quality.
Perhaps when you’ve been making genuine wines every day for four generations, you’re ready for a new challenge. That of offering even more innovative products of better and better quality while still preserving and revitalising tradition. The result has been new product lines, already known and appreciated the world over. I Classici and Le Pitre are 2 such award-winning lines for Mottura which highlight, in a contemporary way, the potential of local grape varieties, with particular focus on the traditional Salento varieties, such as Negroamaro and Primitivo, cultivating the vines according to the historic technique known as "ad alberello" and preserving traditional wine-making methods.
In 2020 Mottura was awarded for the following wines:
Stilio Primitivo di Manduria Doc 2018: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini. Stilio Primitivo di Manduria Doc 2017: 97 Points from Luca Maroni and Best Red Wine of Italy.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Le Pitre 2017: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Villa Mottura 2018: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Mottura 2018: Silver Medal from Mundus Vini.
Rosato del Salento Villa Mottura 2019: 96 Points from Luca Maroni and 3rd Best Rosé Wine.
Negroamaro del Salento IGT Mottura: 87 Points from Ultimate Wine appraisal 2020.
Primitivo del Salento Igt Mottura: 90 Points from Ultimate Wine appraisal 2020.
Guida Vini D'italia Edizione 2021, edited by Gambero Rosso Editori, who considered the Mottura winery worthy to enter the main section with excellent reviews of : Primitivo di Manduria Doc Le Pitre 2018 and Rosato del Salento Igt Villa Mottura 2019.
The following wines were awarded in 2020:
Primitivo di Manduria DOC Stilio 2019: Silver Medal from Mundus Vini at the 28th Grand International Wine Award.
Nergroamaro Salento IGT Rosone 2019: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini at the 28th Grand International Wine Award. Read more
| Name | Villa Mottura Salento Primitivo Rosato 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rosé still |
| Denomination | Salento IGT |
| Vintage | 2025 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Primitivo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Mottura |
| Origin | Salento, Puglia, Italia |
| Climate | Mild winters with dry springs and hot summers |
| Soil composition | Predominantly clay loam. |
| Cultivation system | Espalier |
| Yield per hectare | 100 quintals. |
| Harvest | Usually at the end of August |
| Fermentation temperature | 15 6 °C |
| Fermentation | Approximately 10 2 days |
| Production technique | Soft pressing; cold static pre-fermentation clarification; alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature (15 6 °C) |
| Wine making | Soft pressing. Static pre-fermentation clarification at low temperature. Inoculation of the clear must to start alcoholic fermentation, carried out at a controlled temperature of 15 6 °C for 10 2 days. |
| Aging | In steel and bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |