Wines made from Zinfandel grapes of Salento
Discover the best wines made with Zinfandel as a single variety or as a blend of Salento.
More informations about the variety Zinfandel
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 Pouilles
The wine region of Salento is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. We currently count 851 estates and châteaux in the of Salento, producing 2704 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes .
What are the typical flavors of the Zinfandel grape variety?
- Black fruitPresent in 11% of Zinfandel
- OakPresent in 10% of Zinfandel
- Red fruitPresent in 10% of Zinfandel
- SpicesPresent in 9% of Zinfandel
- Non oakPresent in 8% of Zinfandel
- EarthPresent in 6% of Zinfandel
- Dried fruitPresent in 5% of Zinfandel
- MicrobioPresent in 4% of Zinfandel
- OakyPresent in 2% of Zinfandel
- PepperPresent in 2% of Zinfandel
- CherryPresent in 2% of Zinfandel
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- Citrus fruitPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- Dark fruitPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- CheesePresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- RaisinPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- ChocolatePresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Zinfandel
News about the grape variety Zinfandel
Decanter magazine latest issue: March 2023
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Napa Valley’s Eisele Vineyard acquires nearby property
Napa Valley wine producer Eisele Vineyard has purchased the next-door Alfred Frediani Ranch for $18.5m, said the estate agent responsible for the sale, broker James Keller. The ranch features two parcels of land totalling around 11.2 hectares (27.65 acres), Keller said. A spokesperson for Keller said the agent wished to make clear that the property sold was the Alfred Frediani Ranch on Pickett Road, and not the Frediani Vineyards estate on the Silverado Trail. Eisele Vineyard’s general man ...
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 ...