Apulia ~ Primitivo Salentino
Primitivo bears a striking resemblance to the California Zinfandel grape variety. DNA testing and extensive historical research have confirmed this common origin. The origins of Primitivo are uncertain, but it is believed that the vine is of Dalmatian origin and that it was brought to Puglia more than 2000 years ago by the ancient Illyrian people.
Its name certainly derives from the earliness of ripening of the grapes. It is a red grape variety that ripens much earlier than the others, already in mid-August, from the Latin "Primativus" precisely due to its early ripening.
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The wine obtained from the Primitivo vine is ruby red in colour, intense and deep, with violet hues that tend towards garnet with ageing. On the palate it is warm, spicy, fruity, tannic. The scent is of red fruits such as black cherry, blackberry, plum, with additional floral notes of violet. It has an alcohol content of 14%.
