Pillastro Primitivo Puglia 2023

Pillastro Primitivo has long been one our best-selling Italian reds. This rich, soulful Puglian beauty brims with luscious spiced plum and raspberry. It’s easy to see why it’s a hit with all who taste it, boasting more than 60 honors in its award pedigree and tons of Favorite clicks from our customers.

But this wine’s popularity is hardly surprising when you consider the source. It hails from Cantine Due Palme, a winemaking cooperative with plenty of awards to its name, including Gambero Rosso’s Cooperative Cellar of the Year in both 2021 and 2023. Not to mention, it was founded by three-time Vinitaly Winemaker of the Year Angelo Maci in 1989.

You see, Angelo is something of a local legend. When he launched his winery, he championed small, independent grape-growing folks who were being let down by big wine corporations. Back then, he worked with just 15 families. Nowadays, Angelo works with over 1,000––and he knows them all by name.

Today, his daughter Melissa is president of the winery, while grandson Francesco assists the new head winemaker, Vincenzo Campanella, in the cellar.

Primitivo (the Italian name for California’s fruit-packed Zinfandel) is the godfather of southern Italian grapes. It’s dark, rich and persuasively charming––and the Cantine Due Palme team excels at drawing out those qualities, insisting that all Pillastro’s grapes be harvested from very old vines that yield extra concentrated fruit.

Here’s Gilbert & Gaillard on what to expect: “Expressive aromas of red berry fruit…full-bodied, smooth and fairly dense on the palate, starting to roll out a complex mix of full, tasty flavors.”

GOOD TO KNOW: This wine qualifies for multiple case pricing (a case = 12 btls). The more cases you buy, the less you’ll pay per bottle—and the more you’ll save! Price updates in shopping cart.