Primitivo

The Primitivo grape variety is mostly grown in sun-drenched vineyards in southern Italy, and also has actually been in some locations for around 250 years. It is among one of the most important merlots in the location. Most likely the best-known expanding area is Manduria in Apulia, from which top white wines come under the DOC seal “Primitivo di Manduria”. Exceptional red wines can additionally be found under the IGT (top quality label similar to the German country a glass of wine) “Primitivo di Puglia”. However there are additionally bulk wines that are made from the Primitivo grape. Premium Primitivo merlots are usually evocative cinnamon, cloves, black pepper and dark forest fruits in their scent, are deep and powerful red in color, however do not do not have a specific special. Their alcohol content is rather high at 13 to 15 percent by quantity.

Primitivo as well as Zinfandel

Primitivo is almost always pointed out in the very same breath as Zinfandel, a grape variety belonging to California. Because it is one and the same grape selection. The close partnership has actually been believed for time, however there was no evidence for a long time. Only in the late 1990s did researchers make use of the structure of DNA to identify that the Italian Primitivo and the American Zinfandel have common ancestors. Experts see the beginning in the old, Croatian variety Crljenak. As a result of the close connection between both grape ranges, some winegrowers from Italy supply their former Primitivo under the better-known and extra prominent name of Zinfandel.