Salento, Puglia

Farnese

Fantini Edizione Cinque Autoctoni Red Blend 2020

Extremely dark and overwhelming. Very ripe, bold but has a good acidity balance. The bottle is too heavy. The 22nd edition — 6 months ago

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Feudi di San Marzano

Primitivo di Manduria

Nice smooth primitivo — 3 years ago

Castello Monaci

Pilùna Salento Primitivo 2020

A delicious primitivo. Paired well with some Italian food (pasta, wine, can’t remember). Is good, would have ‘gan — 3 years ago

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with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Tormaresca

Neprica Puglia Red Blend 2014

B
9.4

2014. $13 gem of a find at Whole Foods. Old leather and wet autumn grass on the nose. Flavors of tobacco, cocoa, cinnamon, toasted oak, grapes and plum. Solid tannic weight and structure. Some may prefer to decant. Good year to open. Just ordered a case. Num! — 5 years ago

Wendy Williams
with Wendy

San Marco

Pillastro Puglia Primitivo 2016

Smooth, easy to drink with or without food. — 7 years ago

Gianluigi Bonari

Salento Appassimento Red Blend

Smooth after 30 min decant. Dark red berrries, cherry, tobacco spice and dried fruit. Paired it with Viktor Rolf Spice Bomb — 7 years ago

Hemant Mirchandani
with Hemant

Valentina Passalacqua

Sovracchiaro Falanghina Bombino

N B
9.0

Adult stuff, label notwithstanding. Good, rustic natural. Plenty of sediment. — 7 years ago

Masseria Li Veli

Salento Susumaniello 2022

Grenache-y. — 9 months ago

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Jamie Lauder

Jamie Lauder

That’s the big brother.
‘Garrisa’ is the little brother. Comes in at half the price.
Susumaniello means…Go, Go Donkey in the local dialect.
Jamie Lauder

Jamie Lauder

The same producer makes incredible white wines with Verdeca grapes.

Azienda Agricola Cosimo Taurino

Riserva Salice Salentino Rosso Malvasia Nera Negroamaro 2010

Dark red fruits, leather, milder finish than you’d expect. — 6 years ago

Zonin

Primo Amore Puglia Moscato

Confrérie de la Chaîne Des Rôtisseurs, Bailliage d'Albany; 3 November 2019 at the Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY

Sixth Course
Pear & Apple
Five Spice Whipped Cream, Mulled Cider Gelato, Bourbon Bootleggers Creme Anglaise
— 7 years ago

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Yeah, it's quite an organization...
Peter van den Besselaar

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How nice, this diner 👍
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For sure, this was one of our better nights. Group of ~60 members, so a strong showing.

Tenute Rubino

Oltremé Salento Susumaniello

Buy again let it sit open longer — 7 years ago

Càntele

Salento Primitivo

Bought while in Florence Italy wining tasting in Tuscany 2025 — 8 months ago

Masseria Li Veli

Orion Salento Primitivo 2023

Dark plum, tobacco and other deep@fruit flavors rounded out with medium level tannins that make this more Sangiovese like than zin. — 9 months ago

Masseria Li Veli

Askos Susumaniello

So cool! Black cherry, mint/herbs, bittersweet smoky chocolate, med+ acidity, med body, tart finish. Glad I got to try this rarity! — 4 years ago

Vigne e Vini Varvaglione

Papale Linea Oro Primitivo di Manduria 2016

Jordy’s bday! Silky, smooth with a sweet finish — 5 years ago

Ca' del Grifone

Puglia Sangiovese

Lovely wine. Smooth and refreshing for a red. Cherry forward, grassy/earthy on the end. Low tannins make it easy to drink. — 7 years ago

Tormaresca

Masseria Maìme Salento IGT Negroamaro

Heady notes of muddled red raspberry, salami and meadow grass. Significant tannins and vanilla edge. Warm finish. — 7 years ago

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