Check out on Flora’s Table the new post in the Variety Show series, this time dealing with the tough question: are Primitivo and Zinfandel two different grape varieties or one and the same?… Or is there even more to it?…
Find out for yourself and discover in the process cool facts about their origins, history, DNA profiling, main appellations and recommended producers!
Enjoy! 🙂
Today’s grape in the limelight of our Variety Show is Primitivo, a black-berried grape variety that has sparked a long-lasting controversy as to whether it is the same variety as Zinfandel or a different one.
With the help of the precious and up-to-date scientific data from the brilliant tome Wine Grapes, by Robinson-Harding-Vouillamoz, Allen Lane 2012, this post intends to shed some light on this debate and provide an overview of the scientific evidence that settled it.
1. A Brief History of Primitivo
The earliest documented mention of Primitivo in Italy dates back to 1799 and can be found in a note of an amateur botanist from Puglia who called “Primativo” (from the Latin “primativus“, meaning “first to ripen”) a particularly early ripening grapevine that he found in his own vineyard.
2. How Zinfandel Made It To The USA
The introduction of Zinfandel to…
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Today’s grape variety in the spotlight is… Aglianico, together with its clone Aglianico del Vulture.
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