Pairings: Perfect for fish starters and light meat dishes.Off the iron rich, red soils of Manduria in Puglia and offering a deeply flavoured wine, rich in almost impenetrable dark hues and fruit intensity. There’s a noted power present in this wine emphasising both the savoury and the fruit based. Speaks of the earth with rusty ferrous notes tied to ripe, black berries, sage, anise and crushed herbs, tapenade, cocoa and a wealth of spice. It’s a complex taste backed by savoury tannins. Structurally and flavour-wise, it’s set for some medium-term ageing.
92 pts - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)Primitivo – Zinfandel as we know it – which is dubbed ‘di Manduria’, means it hails from southern Puglia. Under natural cork. The colour for this wine is a deep red/ochre with a lovely array of aromas, florals and cherries immediately apparent, along with soy, blueberries, aniseed, cloves and hints of chocolate, but it is the cherries which dominate. A juicy style, well structured, with focus, drive, sleek tannins and a lingering finish. A fine example of the variety from this region, this is a ten year proposition, longer if you must. The freshness found in this wine really appeals.
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