Why This Bottle, Really? Torcicoda (Primitivo), Salento, Tormaresca (Antinori)

By Silvestro Silvestori

2016 Torcicoda (Primitivo), Salento, Tormaresca (Antinori), Puglia, about $20 (US importer Ste. Michelle Wine Estates).

“That was the biggest surprise when I moved to Puglia, how sweet the wine was,” says Bruno Garofano. “Mothers, grandfathers, even wine producers themselves, in Manduria, that’s what they drank with meals.” It was an odd first impression…