GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Cantine San Marzano
Region: Puglia, Italy
Appellation: Primitivo di Manduria DOC
Type: Dry red wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2018
Date of Tasting: Januray 2023
Type of viticulture: Reasoned (not certified)
Grapes used: 100% Primitivo
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from the 2018 vintage
Winemaking details: low yields, made from the grapes of 60-year-old vines (and over), hand-harvested
Aging: 12 months under oak
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: Contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + tertiary
- Aromas = Cherry, Plum, cinnamon, hints of pepper, notes of tobacco
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = Medium (ripe and well integrated)
- Alcohol = High (14.5%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + tertiary
- Flavour details = Cherry, Plum, cinnamon, hints of pepper, notes of tobacco, cocoa
- Other = wonderful acidity
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 10-12°C for up to 10-12 years
- Will gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 30 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = very good
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (but residual level of sugar not communicated)
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Pasta with meat sauce, Stewed red meat, Grilled/roasted meat, braised lamb, wild boar and venison
- Comments = Power and precision, this wine offers a wonderful acidity that makes it very elegant. It has clearly raised the bar on what Puglia has to offer to the world of wine regarding the Primitivo grape. The finish is complex and long. I cannot recommend this wine enough.
- Final Grade = A-
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
