Plantamura Gioia del Colle Primitivo Red Label Parco Largo 2023 Reasonable Cellar Schioppettino thrives on the sandstone

Schioppettino thrives on the sandstone marls called Ponka near Prepotto

Bottled at natural cask strength (55

delicately poised yet powerful

far more about earth and spice than fruit -- and Mike Lucia grafted it at Cole Ranch in 2020

Plantamura Gioia del Colle Primitivo Red Label Parco Largo 2023 Reasonable Cellar Schioppettino thrives on the sandstonePrimitivo has a reputation for being big, sweet and jammy and then there's Gioia del Colle, the high, rocky, limestone plateau where the grape gets to keep its manners. Mariangela Plantamura's family has farmed here for over a century, and her vineyards sit next to a nature reserve on chalky soil full of marine fossils. "Parco Largo" is the young vine cuve: short maceration, six months in steel, no oak to hide behind. Yields are tiny by Puglian