Another Beauty from Salento

“This is a seriously good buy in red wine for this price.”

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My first encounter with the Copertino Riserva was back in 2017. It was arguably the best red on the wine list at our favorite restaurant, the now-defunct Otus Supply in Ferndale. We’d order a bottle every time we dined there, and it was a great match for things like their Wagyu Beef Tartar, Filthy Animal Pizza (pesto, pine nuts and guanciale) and Rigatoni Alla Norcina. We even bought some bottles from their takeout menu to enjoy at home, and the wine never failed to please.

Sadly, Otus Supply has gone the way of all things, but successive vintages of the Copertino are still available. I waxed rhapsodic about the 2012 and 2013 vintages last January, and I was delighted to find the latest vintage last week at Plum Market in West Bloomfield last week, so, of course, I brought some of that home to try, and was not disappointed in the least. Continue reading