2022 `Imprint` Primitivo Appassito, A Mano Summer Offers owing much of its character

owing much of its character to the madre

generous layers of purple and black fruits unfold

beetroot and goat’s cheese salad

For when: the occasion is significant and the company worthy of a slow conversation

San Marzano champions indigenous southern Italian grapes

2022 `Imprint` Primitivo Appassito, A Mano Summer Offers owing much of its characterThe one that always steals the table. Dark, heady and gloriously full of itself, this is Primitivo turned up a notch. The appassimento drying brings extra richness and concentration, layering ripe plum, crushed raspberry and black cherry with sweet Mediterranean spice and a soft, warming depth. The palate is plush and full bodied, with a generous sweep of rounded fruit, yet there is still a lovely balance here, keeping all that power smooth, polished