Cantina Sava Primitivo Poggio Pasano

Cantina Sava Primitivo Poggio Pasano aus Apulien, Italien. A firm, full-bodied wine with almost jam-like flavors of black fruit, licorice and dark chocolate. This intensely deep red colored wine, has a distinctive Mediterranean spicy aroma and a full, powerful flavor of sun-dusted fruit. Rich accessible wine full of fruit. Perfectly balanced, with a velvety finish that lasts and lasts. It is a wine for special occasions, which will pair perfectly with roasted meats, game, aged cheeses, such as Frisian nail cheese and Gorgonzola and spicy dishes. It comes into its own when served at a temperature around 17°C.

Primitivo is a fashionable grape from the Puglia wine region (Italy). DNA research shows that primitivo is the same grape as the Californian zinfandel, but that says nothing about how the grape came to Italy. The grape appears to have been introduced first to California and then to Italy. Primitivo led a hidden existence in Puglia for many years, where he gave color and strength to blends and had a few DOCs of his own; outside Italy the primitivo was rare. The popularity of zinfandel has changed that and now primitivo is popping up everywhere, including in Australia.