{"product_id":"plantamura-red-label-primitivo-parco-largo-2023","title":"Plantamura Red Label Primitivo \"Parco Largo\" 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Land\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people's mental image of Puglia and Primitivo involves flat, sun-scorched plains and heavy, high-alcohol wine. Gioia del Colle is the exception. This subzone sits on the Murgia, a karst limestone plateau 300 to 480 meters above sea level in the interior of Puglia, where thin red ferrous topsoils over limestone bedrock and diurnal temperature swings of up to 20°C through the summer produce Primitivo with fresh acidity, mineral grip, and real restraint. The Parco Largo vineyard borders a nature reserve — the name means \"large park\" — with chalky soils rich in marine fossils. This is Primitivo grown for precision rather than power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Primitivo from the Parco Largo block, Plantamura's younger-vine parcel. Short maceration of 7 to 10 days, aged approximately six months in stainless steel before bottling. No oak, no heavy extraction — the goal is clean, fresh, place-specific Primitivo. The result is dark cherry, dried blueberry, dried herbs, and dusty earth, with medium tannins and a brightness that runs counter to most preconceptions about southern Italian red wine. The elevated site and limestone soils do the work that most Puglia producers try to accomplish in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe People\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMariangela Plantamura's family has been growing Primitivo in Gioia del Colle for more than a century. She and her husband Vincenzo began bottling their own wine in 2002, farming organically across the estate. Gioia del Colle was long overshadowed by the more famous Primitivo di Manduria zone to the south, but producers like Plantamura — focused on elevation, limestone soils, and fresh, unencumbered winemaking — have changed the conversation around what the grape can do at altitude in this part of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrecchiette with braised lamb ragù and pecorino, grilled pork ribs with rosemary and fennel, aged cacioricotta with fig jam, or a simple braise of pork and sweet peppers. Serve slightly cool. A red from the heel of Italy that drinks more like the north than anyone expects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50138759004383,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P6170424.jpg?v=1781758337","url":"https:\/\/danverwinemerchant.com\/products\/plantamura-red-label-primitivo-parco-largo-2023","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}