Masseria Altemura
Sasseo Salento Primitivo
Salento, Puglia, Italy
Dark Ruby red in colour. Aromas of dark cherries and pipe tobacco. On the palate dried cherry - ultra savoury. My local club, The Downs Club, is doing takeaways on Wednesday and Friday nights these days. Hope they do it more often on the quality of the Chicken Cacciatore we had tonight. Went into my Wine App - Personal Wine Curator and was surprised that Primitivo was a good match - and so it was. Barb loved it. Excellent meal, excellent wine.
Dark Ruby red in colour. Aromas of dark cherries and pipe tobacco. On the palate dried cherry - ultra savoury. My local club, The Downs Club, is doing takeaways on Wednesday and Friday nights these days. Hope they do it more often on the quality of the Chicken Cacciatore we had tonight. Went into my Wine App - Personal Wine Curator and was surprised that Primitivo was a good match - and so it was. Barb loved it. Excellent meal, excellent wine.
1 person found it helpfulApr 4th, 2020Initial impressions of ripe savoury characters even somewhat grapey. Like most Italian varietals made to go with food. Not as full bodied and sweet as some Primitivos I have had. @Jeff Savigny gave me this idea where he recently matched a Pizza with Zinfandel so I thought I would do the same with Primitivo from Puglia in Italy, which is the same grape. It was a great match with homemade Pizza. The wine giving a tarry earthy undertow throughout. POSTSCRIPT Points off for a ridiculously heavy bottle. You could do Curls with the empty bottle.
Initial impressions of ripe savoury characters even somewhat grapey. Like most Italian varietals made to go with food. Not as full bodied and sweet as some Primitivos I have had. @Jeff Savigny gave me this idea where he recently matched a Pizza with Zinfandel so I thought I would do the same with Primitivo from Puglia in Italy, which is the same grape. It was a great match with homemade Pizza. The wine giving a tarry earthy undertow throughout. POSTSCRIPT Points off for a ridiculously heavy bottle. You could do Curls with the empty bottle.
1 person found it helpfulNov 30th, 2018
Love this wine. So smooth. Drinkable. Would love to have again
Love this wine. So smooth. Drinkable. Would love to have again
Feb 11th, 2022
Bellissimo! What a stunner! Caught me off guard as I’ve had several wines from this producer - this was a whole other level (exceptional vintage): inky really inky and right out of the bottle tons of blackberry compote, plum pudding all drenched in sweet spice cake. Liqueur/macerated fruit, gobs of black fruit & hint of black pepper. On the palate it was gorgeous, full rich smooth luxurious echoing nose and just to generous thru finish. At $18 this QPR is insane.
Bellissimo! What a stunner! Caught me off guard as I’ve had several wines from this producer - this was a whole other level (exceptional vintage): inky really inky and right out of the bottle tons of blackberry compote, plum pudding all drenched in sweet spice cake. Liqueur/macerated fruit, gobs of black fruit & hint of black pepper. On the palate it was gorgeous, full rich smooth luxurious echoing nose and just to generous thru finish. At $18 this QPR is insane.
Sep 7th, 2021
Velvety Primitivo (Zinfandel) from Puglia, medium dry with grape notes, at Piattini In Back Bay, Boston
Velvety Primitivo (Zinfandel) from Puglia, medium dry with grape notes, at Piattini In Back Bay, Boston
Oct 23rd, 2019
Of the handful of times I’ve had one, I have yet to drink a Primitivo I really enjoyed, but this was too sweet to stomach. One for the kitchen sink, unfortunately.
Of the handful of times I’ve had one, I have yet to drink a Primitivo I really enjoyed, but this was too sweet to stomach. One for the kitchen sink, unfortunately.
Jul 20th, 2019Mother’s Day dinner in New Orleans with Vivian and Tina
Mother’s Day dinner in New Orleans with Vivian and Tina
May 13th, 2019