Masca del Tacco
Erchie · Brindisi (BR)
Established
2010
Felice Merge with his father Armando
Yearly production
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Location
Erchie
Brindisi (BR) · Puglia
Vineyard area
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About 200 hectares owned and leased around Erchie, trained mostly as traditional Apulian bush vines (alberello) and cordon spur, centred on Primitivo
Appellations
Primitivo di Manduria DOCSalento IGT
History
In 2010 Felice Merge and his father Armando bought an old property at Erchie, in the northern Salento of the Brindisi province, and turned it into Masca del Tacco, drawn there by a passion for Puglia and its Primitivo. The name recalls Erchie's older winemaking, where a cooperative had been founded in 1949 by the local baron Giuseppe Laviano.
The estate works around two hundred hectares of owned and leased vineyards, many trained as traditional bush vines, and built its reputation on Primitivo di Manduria — above all the flagship 'Lu Rappaio' — alongside a range of Salento reds and whites.
Wines
Illustrative selectionLu Rappaio
The estate's flagship Primitivo di Manduria.
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Grapes of these appellations
- Primitivo
- Negroamaro
- Nero di Troia
- Bombino Bianco
- Bombino Nero
- Malvasia Nera
- Malvasia Bianca
- Aglianico
- Aleatico
- Chardonnay
- Fiano
- Sangiovese
- Trebbiano Toscano
- Moscato Bianco
Who else makes these wines
- Primitivo di Manduria DOC41 others
- Salento IGT44 others
Producers near Erchie
- Terre di Guagnano
- AgrialpFasano
- Alba NeraSan Donaci
- AmalbergaOstuni
- Azienda Agricola GrecoOstuni
- Azienda Agricola MelilloVilla Castelli
- BotrugnoBrindisi
- CandidoSan Donaci