GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: LUCCARELLI, Fantini Group (Farnese)
Region: Sava, Manduria, Puglia, Southern Italy
Appellation: PGI Puglia (Indicazione Geografica Protetta)
Type: Still, Dry, Red Wine
Vintage: 2020
Date of Tasting: January 2023
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Grapes used: 100% Primitivo
Blend: not communicated
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: not communicated
Sugar level: low
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby with a slight Garnet hue
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary
- Aromas = Cranberry, Strawberry, Rapsberry, Vanilla, Cloves
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = Medium
- Alcohol = Medium
- Body = Medium
- Flavour Intensity = Medium
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary
- Flavour details = Cranberry, Strawberry, Rapsberry, Vanilla, Cloves, Spices
- Other = Elegant tannins, harmonious in the mouth
- Finish = Medium
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 12°C for up to 5 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 12 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Very Good
- Comparison with same price competition = good deal
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable
- Service Temperature = around 14°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Grilled vegetables, Spaghetti Bolognese, Lasagne, Chicken Parmesan, Pizza Regina
- Comments = This wine offers a great value for money with an elegant and harmonious mouth with enjoyable nuanced aromas. It has been designed to drink young. I would definitely recommend to buy it if you can find it at around 10 euros. However, it is slightly below what is expected from a Primitivo in terms of aroma intensity.
- Final Grade = B
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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
