Primitivo is the same grape as Zinfandel but the Italian version is often not quite bold and brash as its American counterpart. I taseted this version from Salento made by Rosa del Golfo the other day at the neighbourhood organic wine shop. Rosa del Golfo was the name of a rose they developed in the early 1960s, which proved so successful that they changed the name of the company to reflect this. The estate itself was much older that the rose, and went back two centuries, but it was only in the 1930s that the owners took the step of setting up a sales concern to market their wines.
This IGT wine is not a varietal Primitivo but contains 10% Negroamaro. The wine was a star bright ruby, with a red fruit leafy nose. The palate was sweet a touch salty fruity with a touch of tannins, which was joined by acid and an orangey fragrance to form the backbone.
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