Everyone knows ALBANO CARRISI as one of the most famous Italian singers in the world but only the wine lovers with fine palate know him as winemaker. Passion, Love and respect for the Homeland SALENTO.    

Albano Carrisi has won the first places in the hit parade Austrian, French, Belgian, Swiss, German, Spanish and South American. His concerts around the world - from Japan to Russia, from the USA to Latin America - were followed by millions of fans. The success bestowed in every part of the world is reflected in the 26 gold records and 8 platinum records.

“I’m leaving. I am going to become a singer and when I will return I will build a winery and dedicate it to you.” Al Bano pronounced this sentence to his father, Don Carmelo when he decided to leave his small hometown Cellino San Marco, situated in the heart of the Salento region, and leave poverty. He kept his promise. This is how the Cantine of Al Bano Carrisi are born, with the first line of white wine named after his father, “Don Carmelo”. When I was a child, Don Carmelo, my father took me to the vineyard and taught me how to free it from weeds.
"If you give to the earth, the earth gives back to you" he said to me. His then that i understood, that even before wine, it is the vine that gives you a taste of wisdom. The love and respect for the earth is a principle that Al Bano has learned since birth. Born from a family of farmers, the singer has never lost those values and demands them as the main objective in the production of his wines.

Salento is a land of very ancient wine traditions. The Salento planes have been a sanctuary for grapevines and olive trees since the times of the Phoenecians and Ancient Greeks. Homer himself refers to this region as a place of “Eternal Spring” and it was these particular climatic conditions to favor an abundance of refined wines. The farming of the grapevine was already performed since the Greek colonization in the VIII century B.C. In ancient times, Salento was the wine cellar of the Roman Empire with its production of wine and olive oil, whose very refined qualities are still appreciated today.

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Platone is a wine obtained from selected Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes, and from vines which are more than 75 years old. The Primitivo is harvested in the first 10 days in September and the Negroamaro in the second decade of October. The grape harvest of both varieties is done about 14 days later than normal, so the grapes can achieve a better maturity. The grapes are destemmed and crushed in the wine cellar. After fermentation, the wine is racked into oak wood barriques, where it is left to mature about eight months.

NAME OF WINE:  Platone 
 
GRAPES:  50% Negroamaro  - 50% Primitivo

ALCOHOL: 14°

GROWING SYSTEM: Alberello Pugliese 

HARVEST:  I° Week of September Primitivo 
                 II° Week of October Negroamaro

SOIL:  Calcareous Clay Mixed with Sand
 
AGING:  Barrique

SERVIING TEMPERATURE:  16° - 18° C