Primitivo

	Varietals:	100% Primitivo
	Vineyard:	Contract Growers
	Appellation:	Apulia
	Fermentation:	Stainless Steel
	Wood:	French and American Oak
	Aging:	20% of the wine was matured in one-year-old French and American oak for six months.

WINEMAKER NOTES: Deep color with some mature hints. Lifted dried plum with spice and cinnamon notes. On the palate: dark fruit, plum and dark cherry. Finish is dry with a hint of white pepper.

The vineyards of the contract growers on which grapes grown are located in the Apulia region. They are carefully worked by the growers and all hand picked.

Primitivo: Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards.[1] DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Katelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in the 'heel' of Italy (Puglia).

It is typically made into a robust red wine, but in the USA a semi-sweet rosé (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine.[2] Zinfandel has such high sugar levels that it was originally grown for table grapes in the USA, and this sugar can be fermented into high levels of alcohol, sometimes 15% or more.[3]

The taste of the red wine depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas such as the Napa Valley,[4] whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas such as Sonoma County,[4] and in wines made from the earlier-ripening Primitivo clone.

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