Color: Deep in color, dark red.
Nose: Cherries on the nose.
Palate: The palate is smooth and ripe, with an attractive spicy character and a long velvety finish.
Pairings: Prosciutto and salami, meatballs, medium aged cheese.Vespa winery and estate in western Puglia is a primitivo specialist, sourcing the grape from a couple of locations. The Salento Peninsula is the “heel” of Italy’s famous boot with two sea masses on either side – the Adriatic to the east and the Ionian Sea to the west. It’s worthwhile noting this while tasting this wine, together with the role of the area’s limestone in playing a part in the medium bodied brightness of the wine. Blue fruits mix with black and red cherries, ripe and rich, which form the basis of the wine joined by a host of attractive spices. It’s a fine textured wine, keenly varietal in nature but not over-indulging in either the ripeness of the fruit or the oak, instead delivering a well-balanced, vibrant, wine.
91 pts - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)From Puglia, this is what we would call Zinfandel, and it is done well. One slightly jarring note – synthetic cork? Really? Blood red in colour, the nose provides an array of aromas, with savoury notes to the fore. We have beef stock, spices, mushrooms, dried herbs, animal skins, cranberries and mulberries. This is a full-flavoured and powerful style with firm tannins and punchy acidity. Enjoy it for at least the next eight years.
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