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05 Primitivo Rose

05 Primitivo Rose Wine Details
Price: $18.00 per bottle

Description: Watermelon and strawberries come to mind in this mouth-watering, lovely Rose. Off dry and delicious, this wine is great with summer fare and poolside. Only 50 cases produced."

Varietal Definition
Primitivo:
Recent "DNA" testing has shown Primitivo to possess the exact same genetic make up as the popular California grape, Zinfandel. Both varieties origins are tracked back to Croatia. And while the grapes may be identical in theory, the wines they produce have distinct differences. Primitivo's home province is Apuglia (sometimes called Puglia), located in the "heel" of Italy's boot. Wines made from Primitivo have notes of plum and spice, like Zinfandel, but because of different growing soils and climate, the fruit character is less jammy, the structure more akin to old world wines, with rustic notes of earth and spice, as well as tamed fruit flavors.


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