{"id":35575,"date":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/blog\/gianfranco-fino-es-puglia-most-decorated-wine-of-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:36:40","slug":"gianfranco-fino-es-puglia-most-decorated-wine-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/blog\/gianfranco-fino-es-puglia-most-decorated-wine-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Gianfranco Fino\u2019s Es: Puglia\u2019s most decorated wine of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Es: two letters are all it takes for a wine that no longer needs introducing as a Primitivo di Manduria. Gianfranco Fino\u2019s Es<\/a><\/strong> is the Primitivo \u2013 the one that, with a perfect union of history and innovation, has gone far, has been named \u201cthe best\u201d more than once and has scored above 90 points. Es is pleasure, passion and instinct; Es is territorial identity, experimentation and memory; Es is structure, elegance and power.<\/p>\n

Of all the wines of Puglia, Es is the most talked about. Some love it and some hate it; Es is no halfway house. The sun and soil of Manduria endow it with exclusive qualities: only this part of Puglia can do that, with its mild temperatures, sea breezes and Mediterranean character. On the red earth of the Manduria countryside, the vines are still trained as bush vines (alberello). Es, like the other wines of Gianfranco Fino<\/a>, inherits this wealth along with that of an unaltered terroir. Terroir is key in competition: in 2016, too, the wines of Puglia, especially the reds, gave an excellent account of their qualities.<\/p>\n

Es is the most decorated of all.<\/p>\n

Bibenda\u2019s 5 grappoli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bibenda, the wine guide of the Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, awards its 5 grappoli (bunches) to the \u201csensational Es, an example of elegance and power on the palate\u201d.<\/p>\n

AIS\u2019s 4 viti<\/strong><\/p>\n

AIS, the Associazione Italiana Sommelier, also says yes. Es receives its 4 viti (vines).<\/p>\n

L\u2019Espresso\u2019s excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only wines scoring above 18 are rated excellent. With a score of 18.5, L\u2019Espresso gives Es that title.<\/p>\n

The Touring Club\u2019s Corona<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Touring Club Italiano agrees: Es makes it through the selection of the best and earns the Corona (crown).<\/p>\n

DoctorWine\u2019s score<\/strong><\/p>\n

The elusive Doctor says 96. An excellent score for Es.<\/p>\n

Slow wine with Slow Wine<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Slow Wine, a Grande Vino<\/em> is excellent in organoleptic terms. Es is a Grande Vino<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Veronelli\u2019s three stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally the stars: Veronelli gives 3. The requirement: a score of 94 out of 100 or higher. Es wins these too.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Es. It has elegance and structure, sensuality and silkiness. And then there is the allure of its land, as ancient in its winemaking traditions as it is modern in its capacity to experiment.<\/p>\n

Have you ever tried Es? You can pair it with red meat, roasts or grills, or game, but also with cheeses or stews.<\/p>\n

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With elegance and power on the palate, the Primitivo di Manduria Es wins over the experts once again. Like any true Puglia wine, it embodies its land, its sea breeze and its Mediterranean sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24297,"featured_media":35342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-wines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35654,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35575\/revisions\/35654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywinestore.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}