Primitivo di Manduria 2022 amarone watching the morning fog lift

watching the morning fog lift off the vines—that God himself planted the seeds of Franciacorta in that ancient ice so that one day humans could discover it

one of the most important wine zones in the world

the wine ages in clay amphora to develop the ancient perfumes and flavors

Italian made

but also in neighboring Molise

Primitivo di Manduria 2022 amarone watching the morning fog liftForty year old vines standing three feet tall, producing just two clusters each and from 300 yards away during harvest, you'd swear you were standing next to a chocolate factory. The day holds its warmth in Manduria long after the sun begins to fall. The earth gives it back slowly. Red soil, rich with iron, still warm beneath your feet. A breeze drifts in from the Ionian Sea carrying salt, brushing the 40 year old alberello vines, shaping what comes