2022 Masso Antico Primitivo

Brand	Unknown
Region	Puglia
Varietal	Primitivo
Size	750ml
Alcohol %	14.0%
Vintage	2022
Country	Italy

Awarded 99 points by Luca Maroni (Italy’s most famous wine critic), we agree with Luca… it’s utterly delicious. Primitivo (or Zinfandel as it’s known in the USA) offers big, bold, rustic, generous wines with opulent mouthfeel and flavours. They do so at amazing prices, apropos the abundance of old bush vines in Primitivo’s Puglia home. The Italians manage to capture the essence of this wine style, with the opulence of fruit perfectly balanced by chewy tannins and rounded acid, making it oh so drinkable, but also the ideal complement to pizza or pasta. Age worthy for 5-7 years if you can ignore its temptation that long.

Dark, heady aromas of baked black fruit, blackberries, mulberries and Black Doris plums with cocoa, brown spice and hints of leather and cola.

The palate has generous fresh and baked black fruit flavours wrapped in chewy, savoury tannins and a salivating, lightly saline acid thread, bringing harmony and drinkability. Simply delicious on all levels from the opulent fruit to savoury thread and baking spices and long luscious finish. A red to enjoy and relax with… and fall into convivial discussion. No need for complications or deep thought with a glass of this in hand. Perfect drinking now through 2026-28.