‘Primitivo Collantes ‘Socaire’ 2019 william-kelley-wine-advocate give or take a few

give or take a few warm days

Nose: Black ripe fruits like morello cherries and raspberries

The fruit was hand-picked and matured in large-format French oak (35% new) for ten months

since grapes are harvested from very old vines of up to 100-plus years

‘Primitivo Collantes ‘Socaire’ 2019 william-kelley-wine-advocate give or take a fewFirst released in 2014, Socaire is from old vines, fermented without control and aged 24 months in old, neutral Fino botas with no ullage, no flor. Here, Primi intends to further thread the wine with structure and secondary aromas. Socaire ages beautifully in the bottle, taking on a pronounced pasto character of dried maize, esparto and an enhanced azahar orange scent. The term socaire is to take the lee, to shelter from strong winds. Summer fields,