Luccarelli Old Vines 2015

9 July 2017

From 60 years old vines. Powerful, fruity and fairly persistent. Unfortunately, it doesn’t suit my taste.

In my opinion the Primitivo grape has some clear limits on how far it can go in producing good wines. The very old vines make this Primitivo di Manduria special. Continue reading “Luccarelli Old Vines 2015”

Cesanese 2013

2 July 2017

Didn’t know this kind of grape existed till I visited Frascati a few months ago and discovered that it is an autoctone variety from Lazio. This one is a IGT, but there is also a Cesanese del Piglio DOCG (also from Lazio).

Didn’t have much expectations, given the general mediocrity of the Frascati, Continue reading “Cesanese 2013”