Collection: SAN MARZANO

Cantine San Marzano is one of the most important winemaking companies in the Apulian wine scene, which in recent decades has contributed significantly to its rebirth and enhancement. It was founded in 1962 by 19 winemakers, to join forces and face the challenge of a world of wine, which from a peasant dimension was beginning to acquire an important role within the agricultural and economic scenario of the region. Today the cooperative has over 1200 members and a vineyard park of about 1500 hectares , cultivated in the hinterland of Taranto, in the heart of the wonderful territory of Salento.

San Marzano finds its origins in two values: respect and modernity . Respect for a tradition that has ancient roots and lives again today in the gaze, hands and work of the winemakers who are part of it. Modernity for that idea of ​​widespread and convivial wine, always open to new languages ​​and different worlds, which is linked to a clear stylistic figure, made of elegance and clean tasting. The choice to focus above all on the enhancement of old bush vines with Primitivo, used for Primitivo di Manduria, and Negroamaro fits perfectly into this perspective, without however forgetting minor varieties such as Malvasia Nera del Salento, Verdeca or international grapes that have settled very well in Puglia, such as Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot. The suitable soils and the Mediterranean climate, sunny and very windy, thanks to the sea breezes that surround the Puglia peninsula, create the ideal conditions for a perfect maturation of grapes with particularly rich and intense aromatic complements.

The vineyard is the true center of the project, to the point that all San Marzano wines are born from grapes of excellent quality, which in the modern cellar are vinified with extreme care, in order to preserve the best varietal characteristics and to always bring to the fore the authentic flavor of the sunny and generous land of Puglia. The range of wines is very wide and divided into different collections. The possibility of being able to count on a vast number of plots also allows us to select the best vineyards, with the oldest vines, to create labels of particular prestige , which for years have been part of the restricted circle of the best wines of the region. The Sessantanni Primitivo di Manduria is the label that most represents the way of thinking and working of San Marzano: a red that has completely changed the perception of Apulian wines on international markets. It was born thanks to the intuition of President Cavallo, determined to create a wine capable of enhancing the original authenticity of Primitivo in a new and modern way and thus transforming it into a point of reference for the type at an international level.

1962: THE FATHERS

1996: THE FIRST BOTTLES

2000: SIXTY YEARS