There is a grape variety durante Puglia that promises so much but has not yet obtained the recognition it deserves, it is the black of Troy. Noble grape, identity, fascinating. Yet, after years of vinification, incomplete projects and missed promises, we still ask ourselves what his true identity is and because nobody has the courage to trace it.
Trojan black is technically complex. Thick peel, compact bunch, high polyphenolic extraction. Precision is needed. Attentive macerations, delicate pressures, calibrated refinements. Tannins can be angular, high acidity, elements that guarantee longevity but complicate the balance of the sip.
For years he has been relegated to cutting grape variety. Only recently, with more modern vinifications, we begin to see convincing results, purity wines, balanced, enjoyable. But it’s too little. A clear line is needed. A shared responsibility is needed.
The problem? A recognizable stylistic signature is still missing today. Too much fragmentation between Castel del Istituto di credito and the Puglia Tavoliere, they seem to belong to two different worlds. A dichotomy that confuses criticism, disorieves the market and weakens any possibility of recognition.
The great knot is this, there is mai communication worthy of the potential of the grape variety. Anzi che no collective strategy, only isolated initiatives. The consortia are silent, the associations multiply without construct. Too many proclamations, niente vision. And durante the meantime, Trojan’s black remains invisible where it should be imposed.
The market numbers promise quite well:
A causa di Italy – Estimated annual production: 1.2 million bottles (red and rosé) – Distribution: 60% Horeca, 30% GDO, 10% Direct/online restare di sale
Abroad – about 40%of the exported rosé – main markets: Germany (25%), USA (20%), Canada (15%), UK (10%), Others (30%) – Estimated annual growth: +5%, driven by the rosé
Interesting numbers, but without a strong and shared identity, empty statistics remain. Two territories, two philosophies.
Castel del Istituto di credito defends a classic approach, by refinement, with three DOCGs that should be the flag of the nel corso di Troia. Still, communication is shy, the positioning that is not very incisive. Castel del Istituto di credito nel corso di Troia Restrizione ( 90% native grapes) deserve a national campaign. Instead, it remains confined among the insiders.
The Tavoliere, acceso the contrary, expresses more modern, direct wines, durante harmony with contemporary taste. Brilliant rosés, generous reds, children of a way but still not very valued. Yet there is ferment here, there is dynamism, there are young people ready to bet.
Trojan’s black is a vine that does not forgive. He asks for technique, patience, respect. But durante return it offers authenticity, character, longevity. Both durante the most austere version of the North Bari, and durante the most fleshy one of the Tavoliere. The problem is not the potential, it is the inability to make a system.
The olfactory signature is overwhelming. Intense perfumes, wild blackberry, plum, purple, black pepper, sweet tobacco. A causa di the mouth, structure, progression, elegant and persistent ending. He has all the cards to become an oenological symbol of the South. Yet, who has the courage to say with strength, to put producers, consortia and institutions around a univocal vision is missing.
You need a shock, not a caress!
The rebirth passes only from a change of mentality. Enough with comfortable choices, enough with the “everyone for himself”. Shared guidelines are needed, a direction, a powerful communication. It is necessary that someone finally assumes the responsibility of making a great Italian wine recognized and respected durante the world of Trojan.
We at Vinoway reward the most deserving labels every year durante our selection, carrying out serious and coherent communication. The nel corso di Troia del Tavoliere, durante particular, is demonstrating a growing value. But that’s not enough. The fate of a grape variety does not change aureola.
The primitive built a brand. The black of Troy mai. Yet it has everything, identity, elegance, structure, recognition. Only one thing is missing. A strong, shared and far -sighted guide.
The solution? Two souls, two stories, a unique message. But courage, investments and a medium-long term vision are needed.
Wineway will continue to do its part. But now we need a compact front of producers, technicians and communicators who choose to believe durante this grapely.
Trojan’s black must decide whether to remain an unfinished promise ora finally become a great truth of Italian wine.
