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Colour of b lood Red. The bouquet shows opulent upfront fruit aromas of dark berries, brambles and raisins with savoury exotic spices. Rich palate with loads of ripe dried fruit characters on the mid palate with spicy/savoury integrated finish.
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Jack's Comments: A varietal found throughout the southern extremes of Italy, especially in Apulia, the heel of Italy's boot. Primitivo is known for producing hardy and full wines that are heavy with flavor and alcohol and sometimes sugar from the raisiny character of the grapes. There has been many DNA tests that have confirmed Primitivo's relation to Zinfandel, as they are both clones of the Croatian Crljenak varietal, but they are not the same. When grown next to each other in the vineyard they...
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Vineyard trellising at Monaci is a combination of Alberello Pugliese and spurred cordon systems on deep, dry clay soil with some tufaceous limestone. The Alberello, called gobelet in France, resembles a small tree or bush, and with this method the vines leaves protect the grape bunches from excessive sun. The spurred cordon insures small yields to maximize concentration and flavor of the grapes. The average yield is a low 3.6 tonnes per hectare, well under the 2 tons per acre that is typically...
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Colour of b lood Red. The bouquet shows opulent upfront fruit aromas of dark berries, brambles and raisins with savoury exotic spices. Rich palate with loads of ripe dried fruit characters on the mid palate with spicy/savoury integrated finish.
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The primitive is a medium weight wine that shows raspberry and dark plum fruit that is gently spiced and nuanced by some brambly wild characteristics. There's good mid-palate sweetness and a persistent minerality running the length of the wines. PWS
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Bright varietal fruit. Berry, mulberry and ripe strawberry characters with a touch of pepper. Quite spicy. A very juicy palate. Mulberry, strawberry flavours and a touch of jam. Very fruity and bright with some noticeable acidity and a touch of sweetness. A very fresh, bright, easy drinking red. It was okay with the food. The acid stood over a little, but the wine is a very good light bodied red and would be great with pasta dishes.
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