This is the kind of red wine I picture in the goblet of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the Second, who built the nearby Castel del Monte, after a long day of falconry. (And yes, the first Negroamaro cultivation in Puglia predates the 13th-century hunter-emperor and wine connoisseur by at least 600 years.) This Tormaresca 2016 Negroamaro Masseria Maìme pours from the bottle with pretty, dark intensity. It is generous and round, yet its level of ripeness feels contained compared to the much jammier expressions from 2017. The 2016 vintage offers a better sense of balance, with black fruit, plum, spice and sweet tobacco. Pair it with a freshly falconed pheasant leg or any dark-meat game dish.