Primitivo Collantes ‘Socaire’ 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case This multitalented chef-turned-gun-winemaker is renowned

This multitalented chef-turned-gun-winemaker is renowned for his work at Clonakilla and has lit up the Canberra scene with his delicious and sometimes esoteric wines

I have never tasted the 1921 Raymond-Lafon

Brilliant pale lemon colour

Light and graceful this Longboard surfs fluidly over the palate

The wine finishes with a powderpuff and sherbet lift adding a pleasant full stop to its passage through the palate

Primitivo Collantes ‘Socaire’ 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case This multitalented chef-turned-gun-winemaker is renownedFirst 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,