'96 Calatrasi Terrale Primitivo di Tarantino

[Scoop]

A nice detour, but back to the Primitivo:

Another worthy bottling is the Felline '97. It has some Zin-like fruit and chocolate notes, but it's very layered, balanced and restrained -- elegant almost -- compared with it's exuberant Cali-cousins (I know, the Zin-Primitivo thing is controversial). It's that "old world" thing working here, I guess. And very food-friendly.

It's approachable now, but it could stand some bottle age. At $16.00 a bottle retail (Manhattan), it's a value.

Cheers,

Scoop

[This message has been edited by Scoop (edited 11-17-2000).]