Idi di Marzo Primitivo

Made by three generations of family winemakers starting in 1910 when the De Cerchio family's great-grandfather Vincenzo purchased the land. The De Cerchio family tended the vines before the Second World War wiped them out, leaving the family in a financial crisis but they refused to give up their land. Laurentino De Cerchio, the son-in-law of Vincenzo, fought in the Italian army and was captured by the invading Nazi army and taken as a prisoner being forced to Germany and then on to Poland. When he was able to escape at the end of the war in 1947, he put all of his devotion into rebuilding his family's winery and produced and bottled their family's first wine since the war was over in 1961. Since then he expanded operations, bought more land and made wines that paid tribute to Italy's native grape varieties. Today the winery is managed by Laurentino's grandson and fourth-generation winemaker Federico De Cerchio who is dedicated to carrying out his grandfather's mission to make wines of superior quality. Drink now or in several years from now at a temperature of 18 C.