Fatalone: Primitivo Riserva Gioia del Colle 2022

Decanter über: Primitivo Riserva Gioia del Colle

Fatalone is a fifth-generation winery in Gioia del Colle, where the limestone of the Murge hills meets the terra rossa that characterises much of the extensive Puglian plains. The vineyard has always been worked organically and Filippo Pasquale is unusual in allowing the vines to produce their second crop, the ‘racemi’, which he maintains is important for freshness as it stops the plant concentrating everything in the first crop and making jammy wines. With Primitivo’s thin skins, the Riserva's texture comes from the palate weight of alcohol, which feels remarkably integrated. Matured in tonneaux and large casks for 12 months, this can age remarkably well over a decade – or even two. The 2022 delivers intense flavours of roasted almonds, coriander seed and then broad, ripe red fruits with roasted fig, baked plum and hints of sweet maraschino cherry that honestly convey the heat, dust and light of Puglia.