Villa Mottura Primitivo Salento IGT

Tomato vine, red plum, red grapefruit, dry, mineral-depleted dirt, not some mystical sous bois, harshly acidic, did I say dry, in order to get how harsh I'm trying to make this, pretend Gilbert Gottfried is reading this; cedar, I'd hate to taste this in a bad year, Jeez, where's cough syrup when you really need it to balance this torture out, I hope this gets better Oh yeah, and aluminum, can't forget about that Less obnoxious as it collapsed over …

Fruit forward opening, with fig and plum aroma. Hyper berry taste, a coy sweet opening with a quick acid bite that dissolves over time in glass. Our first Primitivo, we will revisit the variety.

SUTD Wine Evening (Somapah) : Meaty, leather, summer herbs and garrigue. Sweet dark plums, soy sauce savouries, chewy leather, soft spice. Pleasant, spacious and layered, and incredibly approachable. Effortless and very yummy. Easily my wine of the night.