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Primitivo del Salento · Italy
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Primitivo
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Primitivo del Salento
- Appellation
- Primitivo del Salento
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roast meat · barbecue · aged cheeses
Rated vintages
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201185 pts
This opens with aromas of wood shop, toast, blue flower and spearmint. The lean palate offers toasted oak, dried blackberry and a whiff of clove alongside angular, astringent tannins that dry out the finish. It lacks the fruit richness to stand up to the oak.