I will probably betray my rather unrefined palate with post, but its all about honesty right? Tasted a grape that I hadn’t tried before on Monday night. The Italian Primitivo. Its apparently a relative of the Zinfandel and is harvested from the heel of the Italian boot…so appetizing. Apparently both the Primitivo and Zinfandel can be traced to vines originating in Dalmatia sometime in the seventeenth century. The Primitivo is generally fairly high in alcohol content, yet it tends to be more on the fruity side, with a spicy finish. I was quite impressed. I’ll have to get the label off the bottle I had.
I did find a 2003 A. Mano Primitivo (product id 972588 – can’t link directly to a page in their less than user friendly site) at LCBO vintages and it was quite delicious another American site mentions the American winemaker in Puglia who is actually fashioning this fine stuff. So, I throw this out to you as a Shawn pick for all that’s worth.