Layer Cake Primitivo

This is truly remarkable plant material in very old vineyards some dating to roman times.

Layer cake primitivo.

Standard delivery 1 week no minimum order. Layer cake primitivo aka zinfandel 2014 from puglia italy big inky black fruit spice and white pepper. Layer cake primitivo zinfandel 2015 750ml italy pugli 13 99. Meredith s findings with the layer cake primitivo label and received the first ever certificate of label approval with primitivo and zinfandel used as synonyms on the label.

Layered and rich in the mouth with jammy black cherries truffles espresso and dense creamy texture. Recent research indicates that primitivo like the very similar zinfandel grape in california is a clone of an ancient croatian grape called crljenak kaštelanski. During a visit to puglia to investigate the flavors behind carole meredith s recent studies showing that primitivo is indeed identical to zinfandel we discovered the largest cache of old vine zinfandel grapes in the world which borthed the layer cake primitivo. My grandfather taught me about wine at an early age.

Layer cake primitivo aka zinfandel 2017. Layered and rich in the mouth with jammy black cherries truffles espresso and dense creamy texture. The red primitivo grape grows primarily in italy s puglia region in the heel of italy s geographic boot. Bottle 750ml 25 off shipping on orders over 200.

He told me the soil in which the vines lived were like a layer cake and the wine if properly made was like my grandmother s cake with layers of fruit mocha chocolate hints of spice and rich always rich. The soils in manduria are red iron rich clays with large calcareous rocks shells and coral from ancient seabeds. There it makes black fruit filled jammy primitivo wines with low acidity and medium tannins. Always in the background are hints of the old sea beds that are the puglia terroir.

Limit 0 bottles per customer sold in increments of 0. The fruit for layer cake primitivo aka zinfandel comes from head trained old vines. Always in the background are hints of the old sea beds that are the puglia terroir. Argentina is now known as the best place on the planet to grow malbec hands down.

However have not been officially defined as synonymous by the ttb. Layered and rich in the mouth with jammy black cherries truffles espresso and a dense creamy texture. Never pass up a layer cake he would say. The 2011 layer cake primitivo comes right at you with huge inky black fruit spice and white pepper.

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