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Pasqua's Mucchietto is a soft, dark Primitivo from Puglia, named after the pinched-fingers hand gesture on its label. Six months in oak add vanilla and cocoa to the plum fruit. Vivino drinkers rate it 4.2 from over 6,000 votes.
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Pasqua age this Primitivo six months in small oak barrels, and you can taste it. Vivino drinkers reach for plum and blueberry first, then wood, chocolate and vanilla, across 671 written reviews.
Plum and blueberry lead. They are the two words Vivino drinkers reach for most across 671 reviews. Behind the fruit sits six months in small oak barrels, which shows as vanilla and sweet cinnamon. Pasqua's own note adds raspberry, and the 2024 keeps a fresh cherry lift.
Blueberry
Cherry
Plum
Prune
Raspberry
Cinnamon
Vanilla
ChocolateFull-bodied and soft rather than firm. Pasqua's sheet shows a little sugar left in the wine, which is why the plum fruit tastes so round. The tannins are velvety, as the producer's own note says. There is still enough acidity underneath to stop it feeling heavy, and the oak brings dark chocolate.
The finish is long and warm, with cinnamon and cocoa left behind. Corney and Barrow call it fresh and uplifting, and that lift is what stops the sweetness cloying.
Vivino puts this at 4.2 out of 5 from 6,288 ratings, and the praise is always the same: easy, fruity, generous. Buy it for a Sunday roast or a barbecue, not for the cellar.
Corney and Barrow list the 2024 as their own exclusive, sold as single bottles or in sixes. Hic in Yorkshire carried the same vintage at the same price before selling out.
Value and beginner appeal are the strong scores here. Mucchietto sits below the middle of the Primitivo prices we list, and its soft tannin makes it an easy first southern Italian red.
Soft tannin, sweet dark fruit and a price under £15 make this an easy first southern Italian red.
At £14.75 it undercuts the £17.78 middle price of the Primitivo we list, and the six-bottle case costs the same per bottle.
Under £15, soft and ready to drink now, this is a midweek bottle rather than a special one.
Full body and soft tannin suit rich meat and hard cheese, but the rounded, faintly sweet finish makes it a poor match for delicate fish or sharp salads.
An IGT bottle at everyday money reads as generous rather than grand, so it fits a barbecue better than a celebration.
Puglia IGT sets no ageing rule and the wine sees only six months in oak, so there is nothing here built to improve with keeping.
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.
Puglia picked early in 2024. Confagricoltura Puglia reported growers starting the earliest grapes in the last days of July, with Primitivo following ahead of its usual date.
Puglia picked early in 2024, with Primitivo running ahead of its usual mid-September date. Growers reported healthy fruit and good quality, though the heat scorched some bunches and many had to irrigate to save the crop.
Puglia picked early in 2024, with Primitivo running ahead of its usual mid-September date. Growers reported healthy fruit and good quality, though the heat scorched some bunches and many had to irrigate to save the crop.
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.
Pasqua have made wine in Verona since 1925 and call themselves the House of the Unconventional. Mucchietto is that idea on a label: a pinched-fingers hand gesture, and a Puglian Primitivo from a house best known for Valpolicella.
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
Verona
Wine area
Made at Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine, Verona. Directions
Pasqua's own sheet gives this wine six months in small oak barrels. Small barrels are the expensive way to age wine, and that shows up in the shelf price.
At 13.5% the 2024 pays £2.67 duty a bottle, and VAT takes a fifth of the £14.75 price. Together that is over £5 before anyone is paid for the wine itself.
Pasqua's technical sheet describes the Primitivo as organically grown, and Swiss and German sellers list it as Bio. Organic farming needs more passes through the vineyard.
Confagricoltura Puglia reported growers watering vines to save the 2024 crop, which they said pushed production costs up sharply across the region.
Pasqua also bottle a Primitivo di Manduria DOC under their Surani label. This one carries only the broad regional Puglia name, a tier below Manduria, and it is priced there too.
Corney and Barrow sell the 2024 as their own exclusive. Buying it direct rather than through a separate UK importer keeps one margin out of the price.
Dishes that go with this wine
Pasqua point this wine at rich pasta, braised or roast meat and aged cheese. Vivino's crowd reaches for beef, lamb and pasta, which lines up with the producer.
This is a full-bodied red, and a long-braised sauce needs that weight to stand up to it. The wine's dark plum fruit sits behind the meat rather than on top of it. Soft tannin means nothing turns bitter when the sauce reduces.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · Ragu alla bolognese · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Lamb shank · Beef stew · More pairings →
Pasqua leave a little sugar in this wine, so a sweet barbecue sauce does not strip it bare. A drier red tastes sour and thin next to a sticky glaze. Here the fruit meets the sauce at the same level.
Try with: BBQ ribs · Pulled pork · Korean BBQ · Crispy pork belly · Roast pork · More pairings →
Fat and protein soften tannin, and this wine's tannin is already round. That leaves a smooth mouthful with grilled lamb or a rib of beef. It works better on the grill than with anything delicate.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Arrosticini · Porchetta · Lucanica · Ribeye steak · More pairings →
Pasqua put aged cheese at the top of their own pairing list. Salt sharpens the ripe plum fruit and makes the wine taste drier than it is. Caciocavallo, the stretched-curd cheese of the south, is the closest match to where the grapes grow.
Try with: Caciocavallo farcito · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Fonduta · Strong cheddar cheese · Cheese board · More pairings →
Six months in oak leave cinnamon and vanilla in the glass, and those notes meet warm spice on the plate. Keep the heat mild to medium. A bhuna or a tandoori chop works; a phaal does not.
Try with: Lamb bhuna · Tandoori lamb chops · Lamb seekh kebab · Pampanella · Lamb Kebab · More pairings →
At 13.5% with ripe fruit, this wine makes real chilli heat burn harder. Raw fish is the other miss: the oak and the dark fruit bury it, and the finish turns metallic. Save it for cooked meat.
Skip with: Nigiri Sushi · Sashimi · Oysters · Ceviche · Szechuan beef · Pairing guide →
There is no ageing rule behind Puglia IGT, and six months in oak is all this wine gets. Pasqua suggest serving it at 16 to 18 degrees.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
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.
Puglia IGT sets no ageing rule and the wine sees only six months in oak, so there is nothing here built to improve with keeping.
£14.75 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, sold by the case of 6, at Corneyandbarrow, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt tastes of plum and blueberry, with vanilla, cinnamon and dark chocolate behind the fruit. The body is full and the tannins are soft, so it feels round rather than firm. Six months in small oak barrels put the sweet spice there.
It is sold as a dry wine, but Pasqua's own sheet shows a little sugar left in it. That is why the fruit tastes so ripe and generous. Drinkers on Vivino describe it as soft and easy rather than sweet.
Rich meat and hard cheese. Pasqua suggest tasty pasta dishes, braised or roast meat and aged cheese. It also handles barbecue and sticky glazes well, because the sweet fruit meets the sauce instead of fighting it.
Mucchietto is the pinched-fingers Italian hand gesture drawn on the label. Pasqua chose it as a shorthand for being Italian without the usual cliches. Corney and Barrow describe it as a classic Italian gesture.
Pasqua's technical sheet says the Primitivo is grown organically, and Swiss and German sellers list the wine as Bio. UK listings for the 2024 do not carry an organic mark, so check the bottle if that matters to you.
Drink it between now and about 2028. Puglia IGT sets no ageing rule and this wine sees only six months in oak, so there is nothing built in to reward waiting. It is at its best young and fruity.
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