About Winery and Wines
Tenuta Zicari, represents in Apulia a farm with ancient traditions. It is located in the heart of the famous producing area of Taranto with its 200 hectars of soil between Taranto and Faggiano, in the lands of the Primitivo of Manduria DOC. Tenuta Zicari is the owner of an old fortified farm located between Massafra and Crispiano, on the way of the “Cento Masserie” (“Hundred Farms”). We want to enhance the value of our lands in order to make Apulian products popular around the world. Our main production is based on native vines, looking after to the selection of Primitivo and Negramaro grapes, together with other native or international vines. Tenuta Zicari programme of a global research of quality together with a careful “zonazione” (“division into zones”) has been representing for many years the winning choice, creating a modern and a functional farm, but with the extreme respect for ancient traditions. Both our grape-harvest rigorously conducted by hand and the great care in the vinification represent some of the many expressions of love for our land: Apulia. The passion for this land handed down from generation to generation dates back to XVIII century, when the Zicari family came to Apulia and decided that it had to be their land forever. All the traditions of this part of Italy, unique in its kind, and the love for vines, have intensified, with the passing of time, the desire to produce in Tenuta Zicari vineyards and wine of extraordinary quality.
The lands of Tenuta Zicari live in a mild climate, typical of Mediterranean areas, characteristic of our costal plain. Our lands offer warmth and hospitality, the same of our people’s, and the sunlight gives happiness and love for life. The light is reflected to our typical dry-stone walls, on the whitewash of our fortified farm walls and on the deep blue of our sea, a wonderful sea full of life and full of unforgettable images. On our soil no miracles happen, we have to cultivate it day after day, we have to work, to hope and to wait, without to expect its fruits. The soil needs to be cultivated following the best method and above all respecting the soil itself; only in this way we can have the best result from our production, and we can deservedly delight in our fruits. The lands of Tenutat Zicari spread themselves within the area of Taranto, Cimino, Faggiano and Massafra. Each wine comes from a different vineyard. We produce our wines respecting the ancient traditions, but with the necessary technical ability to produce vine of excellent value. Wine lovers, in the last few years, are more and more interested in the relationship soil-vine for the emotional and gustative peculiarity that the vine receives from the soil. This new interest stimulates Tenuta Zicari to find new connections among the climate, the vine and the history of this land, only in this way we can identify and protect our final product with a clear system of reglementation like the D.O.C. (controlled desig