2019 Gianfranco Fino Salento Negraomaro Jo

About the 2019 Gianfranco Fino Jo

Jo comes from Jonino, the Italian and Latin name for the Ionian Sea. The Manduria area adjacent to this is the area where the Negraomaro grape comes into its own. This IGT Salento Negroamaro represents the pinnacle of Gianfranco Fino's winemaking art, made from grapes from 40-50 year old vines grown in a traditional way, without the use of pesticides or fertilizers.

Each bottle is produced with meticulous attention to detail, from the manual harvest in September to the careful selection of the grapes and the gentle pressing and maceration process in stainless steel tanks. After approximately 9 months of aging in oak barrels and an additional 12 months of bottle aging, this wine is released without the use of fining agents or cold stabilization, which ensures a pure and unadulterated character.

The Michelin guide for restaurants, the Vini d'Italia from publisher Gambero Rosso for the best Italian wines. The 25th edition was recently published, which judges on the basis of the quality of the wine and its continuity over the years. Michelin gives stars, the Gambero gives glasses. Tre Bicchieri (3 glasses) is the ultimate review. The guide is 1,000 pages long, reviews 2,350 producers and more than 10,000 wines. However, this guide remains the most important judge of wines in Italy and Gianfranco Fino's wines have been voted the absolute number 1. Gianfranco Fino started this domain in 2004 when he bought a 50-year-old Primitivo vineyard. Despite its recent start, the domain is already a reference point in the region. The wines already have a cult status among wine journalists and aficionados. Extreme quality.