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Doppio Passo Primitivo di Manduria Riserva DOC

A brand of Argea and Rotkäppchen-Mumm, not an estate, made by Casa Vinicola Botter

Grape
Primitivo
Denomination
Primitivo di Manduria DOC
Region
Puglia
ABV
14.5%
Drink
Now to 2030

Doppio Passo's Riserva is a soft, ripe Primitivo di Manduria from the Botter family's brand. Two years' ageing with nine months in wood give blackberry, cherry, vanilla and toast at 14.5%. UK prices from £15 at Vinatis and Vino.com.

Best price
£12.73 Save 18%

2022 · 75cl · checked 18 Oct · Delivery £6 for 1 to 6 bottles, £0.50 per extra bottle

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Where to buy Primitivo di Manduria Riserva - Doppio Passo

£12.73 best price · 2 retailers in stock · checked 18 Oct 2026

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Vinatis Best price Save 18% 2022 · 75cl · checked 18 Oct · Delivery £6 for 1 to 6 bottles, £0.50 per extra bottle
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Tasting Notes

What Doppio Passo's Primitivo di Manduria Riserva tastes like

Doppio Passo ferments the grapes under a submerged cap of skins for 12 to 15 days to keep the tannins gentle, then ages the wine two years with nine months in wood. The notes below say what that gives you in the glass.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
2 September 2026
Source
Style guidance · confidence Medium
Typical of Primitivo
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Blackberry and ripe cherry come first, generous and jammy. Spice, toast and vanilla from the nine months in wood show more as the wine ages. Behind the fruit sit cherry in spirit, sweet spices, cocoa and a whiff of Mediterranean scrub.

Toasted breadToasted bread
BlackberryBlackberry
BlackcurrantBlackcurrant
CherryCherry
PlumPlum
SpicySpicy
VanillaVanilla
CocoaCocoa
Palate

Full, warm and soft at 14.5%, with velvety tannin. The grapes ferment for 12 to 15 days under a submerged cap of skins, the method Doppio Passo uses to keep the tannins gentle. The 2022 fruit was picked from the last week of August in a hot, dry year with small crops and very ripe grapes. Expect jammy plum and blackberry rather than freshness.

Finish

Medium-long, sweet-spiced and a little toasty from the oak, with a cocoa note at the close.

Overall

A soft, generous Primitivo Riserva from Botter's Doppio Passo brand, aged to the legal minimum for a Riserva: two years' ageing, at least nine months of it in wood. Drinkers like it, and Italian critic Luca Maroni gave the 2021 98 points. Drink the 2022 by 2030 with roast pork, meat sauces or aged cheese.

Drink now Best by 2030
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Doppio Passo Riserva in the UK, and what to pay

Two shops we track sell the 2022: Vinatis at £15.44, dropping to £13.64 a bottle for two or more, and Vino.com at £16 on offer, down from £17. Both ship from the Continent, so check delivery charges on small orders.

Best price · 75 cl £12.73 at Vinatis
Price spread £12.73 - £16.40 Across 2 UK retailers tracked
Retailers tracked 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2022 Current release: 2022
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £16.97 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 18 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Doppio Passo Riserva scores on the Italian Wine Fit Score

Four scores out of ten, from how well it suits a beginner to how well it suits a weeknight. Doppio Passo's Riserva scores highest as an introduction to Primitivo and for value at £15, then for food and everyday drinking.

Best intro to this style 8.5/10

Velvety tannin, ripe blackberry and cherry, vanilla and a warm finish: the style most new red-wine drinkers like first. Drinkers rate it highly too.

Best value 8.2/10

From £15 at Vinatis for a DOC Riserva with two years' ageing, and £16 on offer at Vino.com. Drinkers like it, and Luca Maroni gave the 2021 98 points.

Best with food 7.6/10

Soft, full and ripe: made for roast pork, meat sauces, stews and hard cheese. Too big and too jammy for fish, salads and sharp dishes.

Best everyday bottle 6.6/10

At £15 to £16 it is a midweek red for pasta and roasts, though at 14.5% it is a one-glass-with-dinner wine rather than a session bottle.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

A DOC Riserva label and two years' ageing give it some polish for a casual dinner. A £15 brand wine from a big Veneto group is not a gift or celebration bottle.

Best for cellar 3.5/10

The two years' ageing are already done at the winery. Give it four or five years at most, and drink by 2032. Our view: it will soften rather than gain complexity.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Primitivo di Manduria in five fields

A compact view of what the Primitivo di Manduria denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
1 varieties listed
This bottle: Primitivo.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
Taranto and Brindisi: the Ionian flank of the Salento around Manduria
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Primitivo di Manduria
Minimum ABV at this colour: 13.5%.
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2022 Doppio Passo Riserva: a hot, dry Manduria year

Manduria's growers began picking 2022 in the last week of August after a rainless June and July. Their Consorzio reported a crop 25 to 30% smaller but called the quality excellent, with very ripe, healthy grapes. Drink this Riserva from now to 2030.

2022 Current release
Best price
£12.73
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now through 2030

Manduria's growers called 2022 an excellent year despite a crop 25 to 30% smaller. Picking began in the last week of August after a rainless June and July, and the grapes came in very ripe and healthy. Drink this Riserva from now to 2030; Vinatis puts its limit at 2032.

2022 Current release
Best price
£12.73
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now through 2030

Manduria's growers called 2022 an excellent year despite a crop 25 to 30% smaller. Picking began in the last week of August after a rainless June and July, and the grapes came in very ripe and healthy. Drink this Riserva from now to 2030; Vinatis puts its limit at 2032.

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 disciplinare, the place, the label

Primitivo di Manduria Riserva rules, and how Doppio Passo meets them

Primitivo di Manduria DOC covers 18 towns between Taranto and Brindisi. A Riserva must age two years from 1 November after the harvest, nine months of them in wood, and reach 14% alcohol. Doppio Passo's Riserva does exactly that: 24 months, nine in wooden casks, at 14.5%.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

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.

Primitivo di Manduria is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 9.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 13.5% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Primitivo di Manduria falls within Puglia, covering Taranto and Brindisi: the Ionian flank of the Salento around Manduria.

Primitivo di Manduria DOC zone Wine route in the zone

Made by Casa Vinicola Botter, Fossalta di Piave, for the Argea and Rotkäppchen-Mumm brand.

Wine route in the zone: Salento Negroamaro and Primitivo Trail.

04

Reading the label

  • Doppio PassoBrand, not an estate
  • Casa Vinicola BotterMaker of the Argea and Rotkäppchen-Mumm brand
  • PrimitivoGrape varieties
  • Primitivo di Manduria DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2022Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 14.5% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Primitivo di Manduria Riserva - Doppio Passo

Tracked from
£12.73
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 2 down
Main factor
Two years' ageing, nine months of it in wood
  1. 01

    Two years' ageing, nine months of it in wood

    Cost up

    A Manduria Riserva cannot be sold until two years after the harvest, and Doppio Passo keeps this one at least nine months in wooden casks. That is stock and cellar space paid for long before a bottle sells. A plain Primitivo avoids that cost.

  2. 02

    A 25 to 30% smaller 2022 crop

    Cost up

    Manduria's growers reported 25 to 30% less fruit in 2022 after a rainless June and July. Fewer grapes per vine means more vineyard per bottle in this vintage.

  3. 03

    UK duty and VAT on a 14.5% wine

    Cost up

    At 14.5% alcohol UK duty is £3.33 a bottle at the February 2026 rate of £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol, and VAT on the £15.44 Vinatis price is another £2.57. About £5.90 of the price is tax before the wine, the shipping or the shop take anything.

  4. 04

    Botter's scale: Doppio Passo is one of Europe's most popular Italian brands

    Cost down

    Doppio Passo is one of the most popular Italian wine brands in Europe. Its maker, founded in 1928, owns estates in several regions. Volume is why this DOC Riserva lands at £15 while the other nine Manduria Riservas we track cost £17 to £30.

  5. 05

    Sold direct from the Continent by two online shops

    Cost down

    Both UK prices come from shops shipping from abroad: Vino.com from Italy and Vinatis from France. Vinatis knocks 11% off for two bottles or more. No UK shelf, no UK shop margin.

01

Two years' ageing, nine months of it in wood

Cost up

A Manduria Riserva cannot be sold until two years after the harvest, and Doppio Passo keeps this one at least nine months in wooden casks. That is stock and cellar space paid for long before a bottle sells. A plain Primitivo avoids that cost.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Pasta arrabbiata, plated

Pasta arrabbiata
Lamb bhuna, plated

Lamb bhuna
Pulled pork, plated

Pulled pork
Food Pairing

Roast pork, meat sauces and hard cheese: what to eat with Doppio Passo Riserva

A full, soft 14.5% Primitivo with ripe blackberry fruit and a toasty edge from the oak wants food with fat or a rich sauce. Doppio Passo suggests mature hard cheese, pork steaks and game; pasta with meat sauce, roasts and stews fit the same bill.

Tannin softening Strong match

Roast and grilled pork and beef

Meat fat and char soften what little grip this soft Primitivo has. Its ripe blackberry fruit meets the sweetness of roast pork crackling head on. Doppio Passo itself names pork steaks; grilled red meats and roasts follow the same logic.

Try with: Roast pork · Pulled pork · Ribeye steak · Sunday Roast Beef · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Game and slow-cooked stews

A full, warm 14.5% red with two years' ageing matches the weight of game and a long-cooked stew. Its toast and vanilla notes sit well with dark gravies. Game is on Doppio Passo's own list of matches.

Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · Beef stew · More pairings →

Acidity matching Good match

Pasta with meat sauce

A slow-cooked meat sauce is rich and slightly sweet. This ripe, plummy Primitivo has the fruit to match it, without the tannin that would fight the tomato. Pasta with a meat sauce is the first match we would reach for.

Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Cotoletta alla bolognese · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Aged hard cheeses

Salt in an aged hard cheese makes the blackberry and cherry fruit of a ripe Primitivo taste rounder and sweeter. The soft tannin never clashes with the fat. Mature hard cheese is Doppio Passo's first suggestion.

Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Caciocavallo farcito · Frico · Cheese board · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Mildly spiced lamb and tandoori dishes

The sweet spice and vanilla that the oak leaves in this wine echo a tandoori marinade, and its jammy fruit cools mild heat. Keep to mild or medium dishes; fierce chilli is on the avoid list below.

Try with: Tandoori lamb chops · Lamb seekh kebab · Lamb bhuna · Lamb Kebab · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Raw fish, sour salads and fierce chilli

At 14.5% with oak and very ripe fruit, this wine turns raw fish metallic and makes a hot chilli burn hotter. Sharp, sour dishes make it taste flat and jammy, and a sweet pudding makes a dry red taste thin. Save it for meat, pasta and cheese.

Skip with: Oysters · Sashimi · Green curry · Som Tam · Cheesecake · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Doppio Passo Riserva: four or five years at most

This is not a cellar wine. Its two years of ageing are done at the winery; count on four or five years more, and no later than 2032. Store the 2022 on its side away from heat and open it by 2030.

Drinking window
2025 → 2030

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
1 hour

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Serving temperature
16-18°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

The two years' ageing are already done at the winery. Give it four or five years at most, and drink by 2032. Our view: it will soften rather than gain complexity.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£12.73 for a 75cl bottle of the 2022, at Vinatis, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Doppio Passo Riserva page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 18 Oct 2026, 04:14 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Who owns this label

The name on the label is a brand of Argea and Rotkäppchen-Mumm, not the estate that grew the grapes. Casa Vinicola Botter makes it. Doppio Passo belongs jointly to Argea and Germany's Rotkäppchen-Mumm: the UK trademark is held by Argea's wine house Botter and Rotkäppchen-Mumm together, and the brand's own site names their joint venture, formed in 2020. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

A style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our 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 · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Botter, Primitivo and the Manduria pages linked to this wine

Maker
Casa Vinicola Botter Veneto
Grapes
Primitivo
Denomination
Primitivo di Manduria DOC
Region
Puglia Region guide
Cuisine
Indian Cuisine 1 dishes paired Italian Cuisine 1 dishes paired International Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

Botter, the wine company founded by Carlo and Maria Botter in 1928 at Fossalta di Piave near Venice. Doppio Passo is its southern Italian brand, and one of the most popular Italian wine brands in Europe. The name means 'double step', for the two harvests behind the wine, and doubles as a tribute to the founders.

Ageing. Primitivo di Manduria rules require a Riserva to age at least two years from 1 November after the harvest, with nine months in wood. Doppio Passo ages this wine for exactly that: 24 months, at least nine of them in wooden casks. The rules also set a minimum of 14% alcohol; this one is 14.5%.

Ripe blackberry, cherry and plum with vanilla, toast and sweet spice from the oak, then a full, warm, soft palate with velvety tannin at 14.5%. Behind the fruit come cherry in spirit, cocoa and a whiff of Mediterranean scrub.

No, it is dry. The nutrition label lists 0.5 grams of sugar per 100 ml, well under what most people taste as sweet, and the Manduria rules cap any Riserva at 18 grams a litre. It tastes ripe and jammy because the grapes come in very ripe, not because sugar is left in.

From £15 at Vinatis, £15.44 for the 2022, or £16 on offer at Vino.com, down from £17. Vinatis drops the price to £13.64 a bottle when you buy two or more.

Roast pork, grilled or roast beef, game, pasta with meat sauce and aged hard cheese. Doppio Passo itself suggests mature hard cheese, pork steaks and game; meat sauces, roasts and stews work just as well. Avoid raw fish, sour salads and fierce chilli.

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