Il Papavero - Edizione Limitata

Vintage: 2006
Type: Primitivo
Country: Italy



Readers of the Blog will perhaps recognise this wine maker from a previous post, which covered their non-vintage red - not favourably. One may ask, why I decided to try their vintage Primitivo and the answer is that I didn't do it willingly. It was part of a mixed red case that overall was saved by this wine -- the Edizione Limitata is supurb. Great smell, excellent taste and an overall excellent wine. If you try Il Papavero, you need to try this bottle and leave the regular bottle alone.

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Duca Petraccone

Vintage: 2005
Type: Primitivo
Country: Italy



For a wine that has won a lot of awards, this wine was quite disappointing. I found it adequate in practically every way with no real distinguishing traits. Perhaps the second bottle will yield better results.

Il Papavero

Vintage: Non Vintage
Type: Primitivo
Country: Italy - Vino da Tavola



Given the reviews I have read about this wine, I was expecting more. Overall not a great wine at all, though it is pretty cheap (You can have it for around £5 a bottle). It has won a bronze award from the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, but is that really saying much?

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