Poggio delle Baccanti

Poggio delle Baccanti Primitivo 2023

$25.00

Style: Dry, full-bodied red with a smoky, earthy, rustic profile; the two-week maceration extracts deep color, substantial tannins, and the dark fruit concentration typical of Primitivo at this ripeness level; the volcanic soils add a mineral, slightly ashy character that cuts through the weight and keeps the finish lively rather than heavy
Grapes & terroir: 100% Primitivo; organically farmed, dry-farmed, hand-harvested vines on volcanic soils on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, Sorrento Peninsula, Province of Naples, Campania; no synthetic inputs; mineral-dense volcanic ash soils contribute a distinctive smokiness and earthy depth to the fruit
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; two-week skin maceration with spontaneous fermentation using indigenous yeasts; aged in stainless steel and large botti; unfined, unfiltered; 30 ppm sulfite addition at bottling only
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 62–66°F; decant 30–45 minutes — the wine opens considerably with air, softening the tannins and allowing the aromatic complexity to develop
Pairing: Braciole napoletana (Neapolitan braised beef rolls in tomato sauce)
Similar to: Primitivo di Manduria, Californian Zinfandel from old vines, Nero d'Avola from Sicily

Poggio delle Baccanti Primitivo 2023 is a dry red wine made from 100% Primitivo grown on organically farmed volcanic soils on the Sorrento Peninsula near Mount Vesuvius, in Sant'Antonio Abate, Province of Naples. The La Mura family hand-harvests the grapes and ferments them with indigenous yeasts through a two-week skin maceration. Poggio delle Baccanti then ages the wine in a combination of stainless steel and large oak casks (botti) before bottling with a minimal sulfite addition of 30 ppm. Unfined and unfiltered, the wine reflects the full intensity of its volcanic terroir. 14% ABV. Campania, Italy.

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Poggio delle Baccanti Primitivo 2023

$25.00

Producer profile

Poggio delle Baccanti

Poggio delle Baccanti is a three-generation family winery at Sant'Antonio Abate, Province of Naples, on the Sorrento Peninsula overlooking Mount Vesuvius. The estate is run by brothers Raffaele and Paolo La Mura together with their cousins Giovanni and Raffaele, carrying on a winemaking tradition founded in the 1950s by their grandfather, the original Raffaele La Mura, who was himself the son of a winemaker.

The family began with a clear focus on the wines most specific to this corner of Campania: Gragnano Rosso Frizzante, and the red and white expressions of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio. Over time, the range expanded to include varietal bottlings from Greco, Fiano, Falanghina, Aglianico, Piedirosso, and Primitivo, all from organically farmed vineyards on the volcanic slopes they know intimately.

The guiding principle across the entire range is what the family describe as a "pact with the earth": a commitment to organic farming, indigenous varieties, hand-harvesting, and the absolute minimum of intervention in the cellar. No synthetic chemicals are used in the vineyard. Fermentations are spontaneous, driven by the native yeasts on the fruit. Wines are aged in stainless steel or large botti without new oak influence, then bottled unfined and unfiltered. Sulfite additions across the range are kept extremely low — the Primitivo receives just 30 ppm at bottling, among the lowest levels achievable while still providing basic stability.

The winery operates on a small scale that allows direct family involvement at every stage, from pruning to bottling. The result is a range of wines that are genuinely reflective of the Vesuvian volcanic terroir — rustic, mineral, and grounded in a place that has been growing wine since ancient Greek and Roman times.

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Wine region

Campania, Italy

The Sorrento Peninsula occupies the southern arc of the Bay of Naples, stretching between the Gulf of Naples to the north and the Gulf of Salerno to the south. It is one of the most geologically distinctive wine territories in southern Italy, shaped by centuries of volcanic activity from Mount Vesuvius, which faces the peninsula from across the bay. The soils here — primarily volcanic tuff, basalt, and mineral-rich ash deposits — give wines grown on them a characteristic earthy, smoky quality and a saline mineral depth that is rarely replicated on non-volcanic ground.

Sant'Antonio Abate, where Poggio delle Baccanti is based, sits on the inland slopes of the peninsula at moderate elevation, a few miles from both the coast and the volcanic massif. The Mediterranean climate provides hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, while dual coastal exposure from both flanks of the peninsula moderates daytime heat and allows a long, gradual ripening season. This is particularly important for a variety like Primitivo, which accumulates sugar rapidly and benefits from conditions that slow the process and preserve natural acidity and freshness.

Primitivo, though most commonly associated with Puglia to the southeast, has historical roots across the broader Campanian and southern Italian landscape. On the volcanic slopes near Vesuvius, the grape takes on a darker, smokier, more mineral character than it typically shows in the warmer flatlands of Puglia. The volcanic soils impose stress on the vines, naturally reducing yields and concentrating flavor without the need for irrigation. Dry farming, practiced throughout the Sorrento Peninsula by producers like Poggio delle Baccanti, reinforces this effect, producing fruit with genuine depth and intensity at moderate alcohol for the variety.

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

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