2020 Primitivo wine

2020 Primitivo wineAn deliciously savoury wine with notes of ripe summer raspberry and pomegranate. When searching for an Italian red variety to plant, I knew I wanted to produce a rich and flavoursome wine, good to drink with a hearty, slow cooked ragu over winter, but also to suit our warm and sunny climate. Primitivo, a native of sun soaked southern Italy, inky red and full of spicy blackberry flavours, was the perfect choice. To ensure the flavours were deep and

The nose shows the subtle fruit flavours and pepper spice we saw in vineyard

the flavours of ripe pink grapefruit and melon

Vintage fortified wines are like red wine—if cellared correctly they will develop complexity and character in the bottle

'Part wild-fermented in used French oak

Serve only lightly-chilled

94 POINTS (2018)

The palate has layers of savoury flavours

peppery spice and crunchy freshness

'Good depth and hue

good to drink with a hearty

apple and pear bring their A Game to the glass – so fresh and vital – complemented by some middle-palate creaminess which raises the idea of a food partnership

grown side by side on vineyard at Tabilk