Plantamura - Primitivo di Gioia del Colle

Adapted to the particularly windy area of Gioia del Colle, Puglia, these clones allow Mariangela, her husband Vincenzo, and their two daughters to farm fully organically with low yields in the methods Mariangela’s grandfather taught her. Mariangela’s father and grandfather only grew and sold grapes until 2000, but the current generation makes their wine in a tiny cellar behind their residential home using traditional and older methods while including some temperature control to ensure freshness. “Every plant is different from another, like every person is different’’ is Mariangela’s inspiration behind her intensive focus on farming.

Primitivo tends to be very fruity, don’t forget this is the same grape as Zinfandel.  Luckily even though the Italian Primitivo is generally much less sweet than the Californian Zinfandels, I still would never order one from a wine list. This Primitivo shocked me. I don’t like to talk about alcohol percentages but this was only 13.5%, fruity, but refreshingly light and so enjoyable - unlike any I had ever tasted before. This wine is enjoyable on its own or perfect with medium aged cheeses, salami and lighter meats.