Primitivo
75cl * 14.0% ABV * Puglia, Italy
Ideally suited to the production of concentrated red wines, Puglia in southern Italy is one of the country’s warmest regions, but I Pastini’s cavernous winery, hewn out of cool, white-washed stone is a refuge from the baking heat. Its specialism - the sultry, come-hither grape variety Primitivo - tantalises with its inky-black colour and spicy, brambly fruit, which can cope with the heft of Moroccan spices.