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Wine Details
Price:
$23.00 per bottle
Description:
The 2007 Primitivo hails from our own estate ranch right here on the property. The wine is a deep brick red color exuding aromas of cocoa powder, graham crackers, vanilla wafers, blackberries and dark cherry. Look closely and you'll also find hints of toasted caramel. The entry is very soft by Primitivo standards which gives way to great volume and balance on the palate. This complex wine has pronounced flavors of bright red fruit and hints of cedar and tobacco finishing with Bing cherries. Drink now through 2013.
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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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