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Masseria Borgo dei Trulli
A full-bodied Puglia IGP Primitivo from Masseria Borgo dei Trulli. Half the bunches dry on the vine about 12 days before picking, so the fruit is ripe and sweet-edged. Cherry, raspberry, a little vanilla. One shop on this page sells it, at £17.99.
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Half of Lucale's grapes dry on the vine for about 12 days before picking, and a quarter of the wine spends six months in small French and American oak barrels. That is where the ripe, sweet-edged fruit and the vanilla note come from.
Cherry, raspberry and redcurrant lead. Behind them sits a toasted, spicy edge from the quarter of the wine that spends six months in small French and American oak barrels. Drinkers pick out vanilla and chocolate before anything else, then blackberry and plum.
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ChocolateFull-bodied and supple. Half the bunches hang on the vine for about 12 days with their stems twisted and lose a quarter to a third of their water. So the fruit tastes ripe and sweet-edged, though the wine is dry. The tannins are fine and soft: the estate ferments uncrushed berries in steel for eight to ten days with frequent pump-overs to keep them gentle.
Dark berry fruit and a trace of oak spice run through the finish, with the raisin note drinkers often find, the mark of grapes dried on the vine. The estate calls it long; Falstaff found the 2023 medium in length.
A way into the appassimento style at £17.99 from the one shop on this page. It sits in the estate's Specials line, well below its Primitivo di Manduria wines Mirea and Duna Mirante in price. Drinkers rate it warmly and mention the oak and vanilla first, so it suits anyone who likes a soft, ripe red. Drink it now to 2027.
Cellier is the one shop on this page, with the 2023 at £17.99 for a 75 cl bottle. There is no price to compare here. Falstaff scored this 2023 at 89 points in September 2024.
Its strongest cards are Beginner and Food: a soft, ripe, full-bodied Primitivo that an early red drinker takes to, built for roast meat and hard cheese.
Soft tannin, ripe cherry and a vanilla edge make this an easy first Primitivo; there is nothing austere about it.
Full-bodied with soft tannin and ripe fruit: made for roast meat, steak, game and hard cheese, less so for fish or chilli heat.
The one shop on this page asks £17.99, which buys vine-dried Primitivo with six months of oak on a quarter of it, and a 2023 that Falstaff scored at 89 points.
At £17.99 from the one shop on this page it is a weekend roast bottle rather than a midweek pour.
A Puglia IGP Primitivo, not a DOCG: right for a Sunday lunch or a birthday barbecue, not a bottle to mark a big occasion.
A Puglia IGP red with no ageing rule and a quarter of it in oak for six months. Our window is now to 2027; it is not a wine to lay down.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Puglia denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
One vintage is on sale here, the 2023, at 14.5% alcohol on the estate's own sheet. It was picked by hand in early to mid September, after about 12 days of drying on the vine for half the bunches.
Falstaff scored this wine's 2023 at 89 points in September 2024: fine fruit sweetness, a dark fruit core, broad tannins in a rich smooth texture, medium length. We would drink it now to 2027.
Falstaff scored this wine's 2023 at 89 points in September 2024: fine fruit sweetness, a dark fruit core, broad tannins in a rich smooth texture, medium length. We would drink it now to 2027.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The estate sits at Maruggio in the province of Taranto, between Manduria, Sava and the Ionian coast, and farms old vineyards, some bush-trained. Winemaker Alessandro Michelon leads it. Lucale's grapes come from low-yielding vineyards around Avetrana and Manduria, averaging 25 to 35 years old.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Puglia is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Puglia IGT is the region-wide label, so the grapes can come from anywhere in Puglia.
Winery
SP130, Loc. Roselle, SN, Maruggio
Wine area
Producer: Masseria Borgo dei Trulli, SP130, Loc. Roselle, SN, Maruggio. Directions
The stems of about half the bunches are twisted in late August. The grapes then lose a quarter to a third of their weight in water before picking, which means less juice from the same vines.
The estate's sheet gives about 5,500 vines a hectare at an average of 1.4 kg each, grown as free-standing bushes and picked by hand in early to mid September. Hand picking on low yields means more work per bottle.
Only about 25% of Lucale goes into French and American oak, for six months, so the barrel cost per bottle is a fraction of what a fully oaked wine carries.
Lucale carries the wider Puglia IGP label. The estate's Primitivo di Manduria DOP wines Roselle, Mirea and Duna Mirante sell for more on its own site: 12.90, 24.50 and 45 euros against 11.50 euros for Lucale.
Of the £17.99 the one shop on this page asks, about £6.33 is tax: £3.33 duty (0.75 litre x 14.5% x £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol) and £3.00 VAT.
The estate names three matches for Lucale: roasted red meats, game and hard cheeses. Its full body and fine, soft tannins are why. The sweet-edged fruit from the vine-dried grapes also likes the salt in a mature cheese.
Roast beef and lamb bring fat and browned edges. This full-bodied Primitivo matches their weight, and its ripe, part-dried fruit reads as sweet beside the meat juices. The tannins are soft, so they do not fight the crust. Roasted red meats open the estate's own list.
Try with: Sunday Roast Beef · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · Beef wellington · Steak and Kidney Pie · More pairings →
A charred ribeye or a lamb chop needs a red with enough body to stand up to it. Lucale's ripe Primitivo fruit does that, and the toasted note from its oak picks up the char. The tannin is fine, so it never turns the meat dry.
Try with: Ribeye steak · Sirloin steak · Lamb chops · BBQ ribs · More pairings →
Venison, pheasant and duck taste deeper and gamier than beef. The raisin edge of a vine-dried Primitivo echoes that depth, and the spice from the oak sits well with a rich gravy. Game is the second match on the estate's own list.
Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · Lamb shank · More pairings →
Salt in a mature cheddar or an aged pecorino makes a ripe red taste sweeter and rounder. Lucale's sweet-edged fruit and soft tannin suit a hard cheese far better than a soft, creamy one. Hard cheeses are the third match the estate names.
Try with: Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau
Lasagne and a slow-cooked ragù are rich and savoury. A full-bodied Primitivo like this one has the fruit to match the tomato and the weight to match the meat. Pasta is among the food matches listed for it.
Try with: Lasagna · Ragu alla bolognese · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
Chilli heat pulls the alcohol forward in a 14.5% red and makes it taste hot and bitter. Raw or delicate fish is flattened by its tannin and oak. Keep this one for meat and cheese, and pour a chilled Lambrusco or a dry Vermentino with hot or raw dishes.
Skip with: Lamb bhuna · Crispy chilli beef · Nigiri Sushi · Oysters · Ceviche · Pairing guide →
This is a Puglia IGP red with no ageing rule and only a quarter of it in oak for six months. Drink it now to 2027; it is not a bottle to lay down. The estate's Primitivo di Manduria wines, Mirea and Duna Mirante, sell for more on its own site.
For the main offer above.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
A Puglia IGP red with no ageing rule and a quarter of it in oak for six months. Our window is now to 2027; it is not a wine to lay down.
£17.99 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at Cellier, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 05:49 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.1 out of 5 from 8,289 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumThe drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2023 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt means some of the grapes were dried before they were made into wine. On Lucale the estate twists the stems of about half the bunches in late August, so no more sap reaches them. They hang on the vine for about 12 days and lose a quarter to a third of their water, which concentrates the flavour. The other half is picked at the same time, later than usual.
Ripe cherry, raspberry and redcurrant with a toasted, spicy note from the oak, then a full, supple palate with fine tannins. Drinkers most often pick out vanilla, chocolate and dark fruit. It is a dry wine despite the ripe, sweet-edged fruit.
No. Lucale is a Puglia IGP wine. Its grapes come from around Avetrana and Manduria in the province of Taranto, but the estate bottles it under the wider Puglia IGP label. Its Primitivo di Manduria wines are Roselle, Mirea and Duna Mirante.
Cellier is the one shop on this page, at £17.99 for a 75 cl bottle of the 2023. With one shop there is no price to compare here. Of that £17.99, about £6.33 is tax: £3.33 duty and £3.00 VAT.
Now to 2027. Falstaff scored the 2023 at 89 points in September 2024 and found it medium in length, with broad tannins in a rich smooth texture. It is not a wine to lay down for years.
Roast red meat, game and hard cheese: the three matches the estate itself names. Its full body and soft tannin suit a Sunday roast, a ribeye or a venison stew, and the salt in a mature cheddar makes its fruit taste sweeter. Keep it away from chilli heat and raw fish.
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