Wines made from Primitivo grapes of Vénétie
Discover the best wines made with Primitivo as a single variety or as a blend of Vénétie.
More informations about the variety Primitivo
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
More informations about the region of Vénétie
Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.
What are the typical flavors of the Primitivo grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 6% of Primitivo
- OakPresent in 5% of Primitivo
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Primitivo
- SpicesPresent in 4% of Primitivo
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Primitivo
- EarthPresent in 2% of Primitivo
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Primitivo
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Primitivo
- StrawberriesPresent in 2% of Primitivo
- GraphitePresent in 1% of Primitivo
- ColaPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- CreamPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- Dark fruitPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- CedarPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- CheesePresent in 1% of Primitivo
- Dried figPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- CinnamonPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- PrunePresent in 1% of Primitivo
- TomatoesPresent in 1% of Primitivo
- FigPresent in 1% of Primitivo
News about the grape variety Primitivo
Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts
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Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne
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