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“Cantalupi” Primitivo del Salento IGT 2022
Lively ruby red. Opens with notes of violets and roses, laurel, myrtle, thyme and small pickled cherries. The taste is juicy, fresh and spicy with long fruity notes and dense, well-integrated tannins. From vines over 20 years old. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 32,70 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,07 g/l
- Residual sugar: 6,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 118 mg/l
- pH value: 3,70
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contains sulphites
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“Neprica” Primitivo Puglia IGT 2022
Bright garnet red colour. Spicy nose of cocoa powder and coffee grounds, ripe dark berries, fine spice and a delicate woody note. Lots of ripe berry fruit on the palate, dense and juicy, with a fine fruity sweetness, a little mint and a beautiful overall balance. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark ruby red with violet reflections. Fragrant, clear nose, ripe fruit flavours, strawberries and plums, with a hint of vanilla behind it. More herbal spice and dark chocolate on the palate, balanced and round, polished tannins, well-integrated acidity, medium finish." Falstaff
"A full-bodied, ripe and fleshy red with aromas of dark cherries, chocolate, mushrooms and dried herbs. Some dried fruit and coffee hints. Chewy but approachable tannins. Excellent balance." James Suckling
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 8 months stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: natural corks
- Total extract: 32,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,45 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 85 mg/l
- pH value: 3,58
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contains sulphites
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“SanGaetano” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2022
Ripe fruit-scented Primitivo di Manduria, whose fruit is perfectly matched to the amount of wood and whose dense flavour ends with pleasant cocoa notes. SUPERIORE.DE
"A fresh and simple primitivo with red-plum and raspberry aromas and flavors. Medium body with light but tight tannins adding a touch of firmness to the finish." James Suckling
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 33,85 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,30 g/l
- Residual sugar: 9,78 g/l
- Sulfite: 144 mg/l
- pH value: 3,68
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contains sulphites
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“Orion” Primitivo del Salento IGT 2022
Orion is a very special Primitivo, it is always fresh and of a remarkable persistence. Dense ruby red with a violet rim, the nose is intense with aromas of ripe and fleshy red cherries, followed by spicy notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. In the mouth powerful, smooth and very long. Its clearly defined acid wire makes it fresh and pleasantly different from the sweet, jammy Primitivo monotony that is otherwise offered far too often. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: Diam
- Total extract: 31,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,75 g/l
- Residual sugar: 6,41 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- pH value: 3,52
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contains sulphites
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Primitivo di Manduria DOC 2021
Dark ruby red. Clear, tidy aroma of cherries, strawberries with a discreet dash of sweet spices. Very elegant tannin on the palate, medium slender body with fresh fruit and mineral hints. Well-integrated acidity and a pleasant juiciness without intrusive sweetness make you want to drink the next glass! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 7 months stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
barbecue dishes - Total extract: 38,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,89 g/l
- Residual sugar: 5,45 g/l
- Sulfite: 122 mg/l
- pH value: 3,49
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Cantalupi” Primitivo (Old Vineyards) del Salento IGT 2021
Zecca's Primitivo from old vineyards is characterized by elegance and refinement, without the outrageous extract fullness often present in Puglia. The bouquet opens with smoked spices, sausage, tobacco and candied fruits. On the palate, beautiful mineral nuances, fine fruity texture and silky, extract-sweet tannins. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel/cement tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: Diam
- Food recommendations
roast lamb - Total extract: 35,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,72 g/l
- Residual sugar: 6,95 g/l
- Sulfite: 97 mg/l
- pH value: 3,59
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Felline” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2021
Primitivo Felline smells of ripe berries, flowers, figs and sultanas. Its distinctly dense flavour is carried by present but sweet tannins and a fresh, tart plum finish. The classic of the winery. SUPERIORE.DE
"Bright ruby red with a dark core. Initially mingled notes of sealing wax and beetroot on the nose, plus some malt, reverberating with milk chocolate. On the palate with lots of tannin and open-hearted fruit, reminiscent of pineapple, ferruginous, precise." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
salami, medieval cheese, pasta - Total extract: 38,00 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,00 g/l
- Residual sugar: 7,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 140 mg/l
- pH value: 3,50
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Triusco” Primitivo di Manduria DOC 2019
Sparkling dark ruby red, this rich Primitivo shows a balsamic scent of dark fruits, graphite and cherries. Plenty of fruit on the palate, balanced and of nice length. SUPERIORE.DE
"The 2019 Primitivo di Manduria Triusco bursts from the glass with smoky crushed blackberries, wet stone, woodland herbs and earth tones. Its textures are silky-smooth, ushering in a rich display of tart cherries and brown spice, all motivated by brisk acidity. Plums and inner violet florals linger incredibly long as the Triusco tapers off long and lightly structured. This more-savory-than-sweet and perfumed Primitivo is very easy to like." Vinous
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: large wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 36,74 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,80 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,95 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- pH value: 3,52
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Giravolta” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2019 (BIO)
Medium ruby red. Sweet and spicy aromas of raspberry, milk chocolate, red cherry, orange zest and violets. Complex and juicy, with very soft tannins, high but harmonious acidity and beautiful generosity and elegance to the red cherry, salty and floral flavours. A deep, rich yet very clear wine with supple tannins that are wonderfully harmonious after a short aeration. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark, strong ruby red. In the nose scent of dark berries, herbs and forest floor. On the palate present, fine tannin, light pleasant fruit sweetness and persistent, spicy final." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: biological
- Expansion: 10‑12 months new barrique
- Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑004
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
salami, meat, offal, terrines - Total extract: 45,80 g/l
- Total acidity: 7,10 g/l
- Residual sugar: 8,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 120 mg/l
- pH value: 3,40
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Torcicoda” Primitivo Salento IGT 2020
Dark, rich ruby with violet shimmer. Finely marked, appealing nose with notes of roses and dark cherries, fine spice in the background. Supple on the palate, shows lots of dark berry fruit, opens with polished tannin, fine sweet melting, chocolate in the final. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 10 months barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 15,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural corks
- Food recommendations
deer carpaccio - Total extract: 35,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,35 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,35 g/l
- Sulfite: 86 mg/l
- pH value: 3,57
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Sessantanni” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2018
Sessantanni (60 years) comes from vines at least as old and impresses with a deep garnet red and visibly high concentration. The bouquet is reminiscent of a rum pot, beautiful with primary and secondary aromas of black fruits and woody spice. The palate is dense, smooth, jammy and with gentle tannins. Long and sweet on the finish. Unique in its opulence and density and undisputedly one of Puglia's most popular reds. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 12 months wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2031+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
game, dark meat, mature cheese - Total extract: 36,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: 11,75 g/l
- Sulfite: 122 mg/l
- pH value: 3,62
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“62 Anniversario” Primitivo di Manduria Riserva DOP 2018
"62 Anniversario" delights all the senses ... Deep dark colour, highly appetising bouquet with aromas of pomegranate, black currant and a hint of cocoa butter. The palate is enveloped by an expressive fruit in purest harmony and fullness, fine tannin and silky texture. The grapes from very old vines and the additional six months of maturation in barrique give the Primitivo Riserva incredible density, expressiveness and depth. A paradise wine for all those who like it richer in extract! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 18 months wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2029+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
game, dark meat, mature cheese - Total acidity: 6,20 g/l
- Residual sugar: 10,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 130 mg/l
- pH value: 3,64
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Per Lui” Primitivo del Salento IGT 2016
Grapes from vines up to 35 years old give this dense Primitivo power and finesse. Deep dark colour, strong nuances of sour cherry, ripe plum and dark jam in the bouquet, chocolate and coffee aromas in the background. The pronounced fruit notes continue in the powerful taste. Soft and with sweet melting, balanced and long. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 15,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 38,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,90 g/l
- Residual sugar: 8,20 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- pH value: 3,58
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Dunico” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2018
Great Apulian aroma cinema of black cherries, dark berries, caramel, lovage, leather and toast notes. Just as typical on the palate: full, lush, very concentrated and with multilayered, sweet fruit in the long juicy finish. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark shining ruby red. Expressive on the nose, of cherry syrup and dried tomatoes, sage and mint, plus fine floral hints. On the palate with a creamy, melting entry, plus plenty of grippy tannin, punchy, savoury on clear fruit on the final." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: large wooden barrel and barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 16,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2032+
- Closure: natural cork
- Food recommendations
piquant cheeses, meat dishes - Total extract: 40,00 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,00 g/l
- Residual sugar: 8,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 120 mg/l
- pH value: 3,50
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Cuvée Anniversario” Primitivo di Manduria Riserva IGP 2010 in gift box
Deep dark ruby with radiant edge. Animating bouquet of red berries, cherries and exotic herbal spices. On the palate a captivating tension between extract sweetness, acidity and a surprisingly cool fruit component, which gives this exceptional wine an impressive personality and elegance. Blindly tasted, this red wine would hardly be identified as a typical Primitivo di Manduria - here the team around Gregory Perrucci has succeeded in creating a great wine! SUPERIORE.DE
"Bright, bright garnet red. Tender nose, ripe raspberries, some pomegranate. Smooth and round on the palate, unfolds with unexpected elegance, fine-meshed tannin, reverberates for a long time. Falstaff
"Very pale and sweet and charming. Very Pinot-esque – quite different from other wines. Red cherries and ripeness. 2010 saw lots of sirocco and bigger grapes and high yields. Lisa Gilbee admires his courage and experimentation. The fact that the wine was on the skins for so long may have reabsorbed the colour – a technique usually used for Nebbiolo." Jancis Robinson
"Good deep, bright red. Sexy red cherry, iron, violet, earth tones, and Asian spices on the captivating nose, with a mineral component building with air. Sweet and plush but with penetrating, harmonious laser-like acidity really lifting and extending the red cherry, sweet spice, and floral flavors. A beauty, finishing long and smooth as silk; so light on its feet it is almost Pinot Noiresque. This was the first vintage ever of this wine, created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first ever Primitivo made by Felline; it has been made only a second time since, in the 2016 vintage." Vinous
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 9 months tonneau/8 years bottle‑age
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 32,00 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,00 g/l
- Residual sugar: 8,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 140 mg/l
- pH value: 3,50
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Se” Primitivo Salento IGT 2020
Se is a pure Primitivo, from somewhat younger vines than the Es and is the youthful-fresh, but no less elegant counterpart to the Es. Se smells very aromatic of cherry, strawberry and maple blossom. Modern style on the palate, juicy texture, all components fascinatingly coordinated, long and lively. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2034+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 38,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,79 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,45 g/l
- Sulfite: 62 mg/l
- pH value: 3,49
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Se” Primitivo Salento IGT 2021
Se is a pure Primitivo, from somewhat younger vines than the Es and is the youthful-fresh, but no less elegant counterpart to the Es. Se smells very aromatic of cherry, strawberry and maple blossom. Modern style on the palate, juicy texture, all components fascinatingly coordinated, long and lively. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark bright ruby red with a slightly lightening rim. Intense nose of ripe plums and blueberries, black elderberries, Mediterranean herbs, reverberating with cinnamon and black pepper. On the palate very juicy and with good drinking flow, fine and well integrated tannin, ends on spicy tones in the long final." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2035+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 38,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,22 g/l
- Sulfite: 60 mg/l
- pH value: 3,48
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Es” Primitivo Salento IGT 2022
Bright, rich ruby red colour. Elegant, concentrated bouquet with spicy notes of blackcurrant, chocolate and tobacco. Compact on the palate, excellently structured and very well balanced with noticeable acidity and pleasant tannins. Long and very fruity. A seducer with great elegance and a terrific finish. All our respect for this great wine from Apulia! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months 50/50 new/used barrique
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 16,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2039+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 39,52 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,96 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,79 g/l
- Sulfite: 62 mg/l
- pH value: 3,50
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Se” Primitivo Salento IGT 2021 · MAGNUM in OWC
Se is a pure Primitivo, from somewhat younger vines than the Es and is the youthful-fresh, but no less elegant counterpart to the Es. Se smells very aromatic of cherry, strawberry and maple blossom. Modern style on the palate, juicy texture, all components fascinatingly coordinated, long and lively. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark bright ruby red with a slightly lightening rim. Intense nose of ripe plums and blueberries, black elderberries, Mediterranean herbs, reverberating with cinnamon and black pepper. On the palate very juicy and with good drinking flow, fine and well integrated tannin, ends on spicy tones in the long final." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 15,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2037+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 38,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,22 g/l
- Sulfite: 60 mg/l
- pH value: 3,48
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Es” Primitivo Salento IGT 2022 · MAGNUM in OWC
Bright, rich ruby red colour. Elegant, concentrated bouquet with spicy notes of blackcurrant, chocolate and tobacco. Compact on the palate, excellently structured and very well balanced with noticeable acidity and pleasant tannins. Long and very fruity. A seducer with great elegance and a terrific finish. All our respect for this great wine from Apulia! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months 50/50 new/used barrique
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 16,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2041+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 39,52 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,96 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,79 g/l
- Sulfite: 62 mg/l
- pH value: 3,50
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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“Per Lui” Primitivo del Salento IGT 2016 · 6 bottles in OWC
Grapes from vines up to 35 years old give this dense Primitivo power and finesse. Deep dark colour, strong nuances of sour cherry, ripe plum and dark jam in the bouquet, chocolate and coffee aromas in the background. The pronounced fruit notes continue in the powerful taste. Soft and with sweet melting, balanced and long. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 15,50 % vol
- Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Closure: natural cork
- Total extract: 38,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,90 g/l
- Residual sugar: 8,20 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- pH value: 3,58
- Allergens
contains sulphites
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For years it was suspected, but after recent genetic engineering studies it is now known for certain: Primitivo is identical to the Californian Zinfandel and is derived from the ancient Croatian grape variety Tribidrag or Crlenjak Kastelanski, which was already known in the 15th century. The name was originally "Primativo" and referred to early ripening, which incidentally also applies to the Croatian name. However, there is a small difference between the Californian and Italian varieties: Primitivo ripens a little earlier, is more productive, has smaller berries and is less susceptible to diseases such as botrytis or mildew than its Californian brother.
Wines from the Primitivo grape variety produce powerful and harmonious wines.
Primitivo is quite dark and full-bodied, spicy, with velvety tannins and smells of dark forest berries like blackberries, elderberries and sour cherries. But quite typical are the spices that remind us of Donna's Christmas bakeries: chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, gingerbread and often pepper.
Primitivo mostly comes from Apulia, especially from Salento, the region between Bari, Lecce and Manduria/Tarent. One critic described a Primitivo di Maduria as the wine with which he would like to forget the evil world outside while reading a good book in an armchair by the crackling fireplace. There is no better way to describe it.
Currently there are over 12,500 hectares of Primitivo in Italy, and the trend is rising. The best known are the three DOC appellations Primitivo di Manduria (DOCG), Falerno del Massico and Gioia del Colle.
In California there are about 20,00 hectares of Zinfandel, smaller occurrences can also be found in Australia, in France in Languedoc, in Tunisia and in tiny quantities in some other countries worldwide.
An excellent choice solo and as a companion to strong dishes.
Typical for Primitivo is its full-bodied, fruity taste and its high alcohol content. With these characteristics, it goes well with strong and spicy dishes such as grilled meat, aromatic pasta with strong sauces, game dishes and mature cheese. At a drinking temperature of about 18-20 degrees Celsius, its aromas and structure develop best.
In Puglia, there are many renowned winemakers who produce excellent Primitivo. Some of the best known are Cantine San Marzano, Masseria Li Veli, Leone de Castris and Feudi di San Gregorio. Feudi di San Gregorio is located in Campania, but also produces an excellent Primitivo di Manduria.
So it is worth trying out different Primitivo to discover your personal preferences. SUPERIORE.DE