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Schola Sarmenti Primitivo Salento 'Diciotto' 2013 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Puglia
appellation
Salento
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WA
91
WS
91
WA
91
Rated 91 by Wine Advocate
The Schola Sarmenti 2013 Primitivo Diciotto is the proverbial "big boy" wine from Puglia. If you don't get that from the thickness and intensity of its favors, the very heavy glass bottle used to package this wine will certainly clue you in. You'll either love it or leave it because the style adopted here is massive to say the least. The wine's appearance is extracted and impenetrable and there are few fruit nuances to behold. Instead, your senses are treated to an infinite succession of sweet barbecue sauce, smoke, licorice, brown sugar and rum cake aromas. The wine is born big: Fruit is harvested from 80-year-old vines that are so ancient and stressed, they are only capable of producing a mere 500 grams of fruit per vine. Those low yields account for this impossible level of extraction. ... More details
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Schola Sarmenti Primitivo Salento 'Diciotto' 2013 750ml

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Professional Ratings
WA
91
WS
91
WA
91
Rated 91 by Wine Advocate
The Schola Sarmenti 2013 Primitivo Diciotto is the proverbial "big boy" wine from Puglia. If you don't get that from the thickness and intensity of its favors, the very heavy glass bottle used to package this wine will certainly clue you in. You'll either love it or leave it because the style adopted here is massive to say the least. The wine's appearance is extracted and impenetrable and there are few fruit nuances to behold. Instead, your senses are treated to an infinite succession of sweet barbecue sauce, smoke, licorice, brown sugar and rum cake aromas. The wine is born big: Fruit is harvested from 80-year-old vines that are so ancient and stressed, they are only capable of producing a mere 500 grams of fruit per vine. Those low yields account for this impossible level of extraction.
WS
91
Rated 91 by Wine Spectator
This red is rich and full-bodied, featuring grippy tannins swathed in a velvety mix of dried fig, red licorice, grilled rosemary and ground spice flavors. Well-balanced, with savory hints of leather and smoke lingering on the finish. Drink now through 2023. 760 cases made, 160 cases imported.
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size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Puglia
appellation
Salento
Overview
The Schola Sarmenti 2013 Primitivo Diciotto is the proverbial "big boy" wine from Puglia. If you don't get that from the thickness and intensity of its favors, the very heavy glass bottle used to package this wine will certainly clue you in. You'll either love it or leave it because the style adopted here is massive to say the least. The wine's appearance is extracted and impenetrable and there are few fruit nuances to behold. Instead, your senses are treated to an infinite succession of sweet barbecue sauce, smoke, licorice, brown sugar and rum cake aromas. The wine is born big: Fruit is harvested from 80-year-old vines that are so ancient and stressed, they are only capable of producing a mere 500 grams of fruit per vine. Those low yields account for this impossible level of extraction.
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Region: Puglia

Italy's beautiful southern wine region of Puglia is a fascinating place for fans of Italian wines. Situated in the very 'heel' of the country, sticking down into the Mediterranean sea, one can hardly imagine a more perfect place for viticulture. Rich, fertile volcanic soils help the grapes take on real character and stunning flavours, and the blazing sunshine of the long summers allows them to reach exceptional levels of ripeness. The wines of Puglia are a great example of how certain Italian regions are throwing off the poor reputations of yesteryear, and using their traditional techniques and methods to create characterful wines, packed full of unique flavours. Puglian wines are renowned for their large, powerful and boisterous characters, and their excellent structure which supports their strong and unique fruit flavours.
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Country: Italy

For several decades in the mid to late twentieth century, Italy's reputation for quality wines took a fairly serious blow. This was brought about partly due to lack of regulation in certain regions, and too much regulation in others. This led to several wineries in the beautiful and highly fertile region of Tuscany making the bold move to work outside of the law, which they saw as responsible for the drop in quality in Tuscan wines. They believed that they had the expertise and the generations of experience necessary with which to make truly excellent, world class wines, and set about doing just that. These 'Super Tuscans', as they came to be known, quickly inspired the rest of Italy to improve their produce, and now, Italian wine producers in the twenty-first century are widely recognised to be amongst the best in the world. Regulation and law began to change, and wine drinkers across the globe woke up to the outstanding wines coming out of Italy, which are continuing to improve and impress to this day.
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Region: Puglia

Italy's beautiful southern wine region of Puglia is a fascinating place for fans of Italian wines. Situated in the very 'heel' of the country, sticking down into the Mediterranean sea, one can hardly imagine a more perfect place for viticulture. Rich, fertile volcanic soils help the grapes take on real character and stunning flavours, and the blazing sunshine of the long summers allows them to reach exceptional levels of ripeness. The wines of Puglia are a great example of how certain Italian regions are throwing off the poor reputations of yesteryear, and using their traditional techniques and methods to create characterful wines, packed full of unique flavours. Puglian wines are renowned for their large, powerful and boisterous characters, and their excellent structure which supports their strong and unique fruit flavours.
fields

Country: Italy

For several decades in the mid to late twentieth century, Italy's reputation for quality wines took a fairly serious blow. This was brought about partly due to lack of regulation in certain regions, and too much regulation in others. This led to several wineries in the beautiful and highly fertile region of Tuscany making the bold move to work outside of the law, which they saw as responsible for the drop in quality in Tuscan wines. They believed that they had the expertise and the generations of experience necessary with which to make truly excellent, world class wines, and set about doing just that. These 'Super Tuscans', as they came to be known, quickly inspired the rest of Italy to improve their produce, and now, Italian wine producers in the twenty-first century are widely recognised to be amongst the best in the world. Regulation and law began to change, and wine drinkers across the globe woke up to the outstanding wines coming out of Italy, which are continuing to improve and impress to this day.