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A deep, soft red from Cantine Due Palme in Salento, made from old-vine Primitivo. Ripe plum and raspberry lead, with vanilla and chocolate from its time in oak. It is Laithwaites' best-selling Italian red and an easy midweek bottle.
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Cantine Due Palme mature Pillastro in oak before release, and it shows. Plum and blackberry lead, then vanilla, oak and chocolate. Gilbert & Gaillard called the 2025 velvety and well balanced.
Plum and blackberry come first, ripe and generous. Behind them sit vanilla and sweet spice, from the oak Cantine Due Palme use before release. The 2024 shows menthol and liquorice, the 2025 a chocolate edge.
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Plum
Raisin
Raspberry
Oak
Liquorice
Vanilla
ChocolateSoft, round and full, at 13% alcohol. The tannin is gentle, so the ripe fruit does most of the talking. The 2023 is the muscular one, with tannins that glide; the 2024 is dense and well focused. Smooth is the word that fits it best.
The finish is warm and softly sweet, with vanilla and chocolate to the end. It fades rather than grips.
This is the everyday end of Cantine Due Palme's range, and it does that job well. It is Laithwaites' best-selling Italian red, a well-liked everyday red, and 16 critics average 85. Drink it now, not in ten years.
Laithwaites sell Pillastro at 13.49 pounds a bottle, and it is their best-selling Italian red. Mixing a case of twelve drops that to 10.99 pounds. The global average price sat near 13 euros before tax in August 2026.
The scores weigh its 13.49 pound price against the 15.90 pound middle price of the Puglia reds we list, plus an 85 out of 100 average from 16 critic reviews.
Ripe, smooth and low in tannin, and Laithwaites' best-selling Italian red. Nothing here needs explaining before the first sip.
13.49 pounds against a 15.90 pound middle price for the Puglia reds we list, with an 85 out of 100 average from 16 critics: outstanding value on the numbers.
Under 14 pounds, in stock in two vintages, and as happy with a midweek plate of pasta as with a Sunday roast.
Soft tannin, ripe fruit and 13% alcohol suit tomato sauces, grilled meat and hard cheese, though the sweetness limits it with delicate fish.
A well-made IGP at 13.49 pounds with no cellar reputation. It pours happily at a party but will not carry a special dinner.
Puglia IGP sets no minimum ageing, and Laithwaites print a best-before about five years after harvest. This is built to be drunk, not kept.
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.
Gilbert & Gaillard tasted all three: 92 points for the 2023, 91 for the 2024 and 90 for the 2025. Every one is 13% alcohol. The 2023 has the most bottle age and the firmest body.
Gilbert & Gaillard scored the 2025 at 90 in January 2026. They described savoury, oaky and chocolate aromas over a velvety, well-balanced palate. It is the youngest vintage on sale and the freshest of the three.
Gilbert & Gaillard scored the 2024 at 91 in January 2026. They found menthol, liquorice and sweet spice over a dense, smooth palate, and called it perfect with grilled meat. Laithwaites' best-before runs to the end of 2030.
Gilbert & Gaillard scored the 2023 at 92, their highest of the three. They called it muscular, with tannins that glide. CellarTracker's community puts it at 88. Laithwaites' best-before runs to the end of 2029.
Gilbert & Gaillard scored the 2025 at 90 in January 2026. They described savoury, oaky and chocolate aromas over a velvety, well-balanced palate. It is the youngest vintage on sale and the freshest of the three.
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.
Cantine Due Palme is a co-operative of more than 1,000 growers around Cellino San Marco. It fills about 17 million bottles a year. Volume on that scale, not one estate's costs, is what sets the price.
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
Cellino San Marco
Wine area
Made at Cantine Due Palme, Cellino San Marco. Directions
Cantine Due Palme buys fruit from more than 1,000 member growers and fills about 17 million bottles a year. That scale spreads fixed costs far thinner than a single estate can.
The fruit comes from old vines, which give fewer but more concentrated grapes. Fewer grapes per vine means more vineyard cost inside every bottle.
The wine is matured in oak before release, which is where the vanilla and chocolate come from. Barrels and the extra cellar time both cost money.
Still wine at 13% pays 2.67 pounds of duty at the 2026 HMRC rate, and VAT on 13.49 pounds is 2.25 pounds. That is 4.92 pounds gone before anyone is paid for the wine.
Puglia IGP sets no minimum ageing, so the wine can be sold the year after harvest. A Brunello has to sit for five years before it earns a penny.
The same product code, 0016923, sells at Laithwaites, Averys, the Sunday Times Wine Club and WSJ Wine, all Direct Wines brands. One owner, so no separate wholesaler margin.
Dishes that go with this wine
Beef, lamb, poultry and pasta are its strongest matches. Gilbert & Gaillard said the 2024 was perfect with grilled meat. The soft tannin and sweet-edged fruit do the work.
Tomato is sharp, and a wine with no freshness of its own tastes flat against it. Pillastro keeps enough to stand up, and its ripe plum rounds the sauce off. Spicy tomato pasta is the obvious plate.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Pizza Diavola · Pizza Romana · Pizza Marinara · More pairings →
Protein and fat bind to tannin and make it feel softer. Pillastro has little tannin to begin with, so what it really matches is the char. Gilbert & Gaillard tasted the 2024 and called it perfect with grilled meat.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Arrosticini · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Lamb chops · More pairings →
A big, warming dish needs a wine of the same weight or the wine disappears. Pillastro is full bodied at 13% and stays soft, so it sits beside a braise instead of fighting it. A hearty stew is the plate to aim for.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Spezzatino di pecora · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Beef stew · More pairings →
There is an earthy side to this wine, leather and smoke among the notes. Those meet the char on grilled food instead of clashing with it. The oak's sweet spice does the same job with a barbecue rub.
Try with: Arrosticini · Fiorentina steak · Porchetta · Lamb chops · More pairings →
Salt makes ripe fruit taste sweeter and tannin taste softer. A hard, salty pecorino pushes Pillastro's plum closer to jam, which is the point of the match. The oak's vanilla also suits a nutty aged cheese.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Caciocavallo farcito · More pairings →
Alcohol makes chilli burn harder, so at 13% with sweet ripe fruit this wine makes a hot curry hotter. Raw fish is the other problem: the oak and plum simply flatten it. Pour a crisp dry white such as Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi instead.
Skip with: Green curry · Som Tam · Oysters · Sashimi · Ceviche · Pairing guide →
This is not a cellar wine. Laithwaites print a best-before of 31 December 2030 on the 2024 and 31 December 2029 on the 2025. Drink it inside that window and it tastes as intended.
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 IGP sets no minimum ageing, and Laithwaites print a best-before about five years after harvest. This is built to be drunk, not kept.
£13.49 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Laithwaites, 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, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.1 out of 5 from 25,757 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, 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 · MediumCantine Due Palme, a co-operative in Cellino San Marco in Puglia. Angelo Maci founded it in 1989 with 15 grower members. There are now more than 1,000, and his grandson Francesco Fortunato makes the wine.
Ripe plum and blackberry first, then vanilla, oak and chocolate. It is medium to full bodied and soft, with gentle tannin and 13% alcohol.
Tomato-led pasta, meaty pizza, grilled lamb or steak, and hard salty cheese. Beef, lamb, poultry and pasta are its strongest matches, and the 2024 is made for grilled meat.
About five years from the harvest. Laithwaites print a best-before of 31 December 2030 on the 2024 and 31 December 2029 on the 2025. Puglia IGP sets no ageing rules, so the wine is built to drink young.
Yes, on the numbers. It sells at 13.49 pounds, against a middle price of about 15.90 pounds for the Puglia reds we list. Its 16 critic scores average 85 out of 100, which makes it outstanding value.
All three drink well now. Gilbert & Gaillard scored the 2023 at 92, the 2024 at 91 and the 2025 at 90. The 2023 has the most bottle age; the 2025 is the freshest.
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