A Mano

Pair a Primitivo with rustic recipes and and comfortable chow.

Sensational with sliced sausages over spaghetti.

Marvelous with meatloaf

and perfect with pepperoni pizza, alliteratively speaking.

• Eyes: Dark Purple
• Nose: Medium-High Intensity, developing, black fruits, red fruits, smoky, tropical fruits
• Mouth: Medium-Full Bodied, dry, medium acidity, light-average tannin, moderate-high intensity, medium finish, raspberry, raisin, brambly

• Bottlerocket Index: 3

Founded in the late 1990's by Californian, Mark Shannon, an ex-winemaker-for-hire (Bogle, etc.) and his future wife, Elvezia Sbalchiero, a Friulian in the wine business, A Mano (By Hand) harvests its fruit from 70-100 year old, head-trained vines planted in red alluvial soil. Their benchmark Primitivo is fermented with native yeasts and barrel aged for 2 months.