Salento Primitivo 2024 red wine

The wine prominently featured is a Salento Primitivo, an Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT) red wine from the Salento peninsula in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Primitivo is a traditional grape variety for the region, known for producing full-bodied, dark fruit-forward wines.

The label indicates that this specific wine, from the 2024 vintage, is produced by Botter S.p.A., a major Italian wine company founded by Carlo Botter in 1928 initially as a small business selling local wines in barrels. Over decades, it evolved into one of Italy’s largest exporters of wine. In 2021, the company was acquired by the private equity firm Clessidra, which merged it with Mondo del Vino to form Argea, the ultimate owner. Argea currently stands as the leading private wine group in Italy, managing a portfolio of historic family brands while maintaining production facilities primarily across northern and southern Italy to supply international markets.