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Primitivo
red grape · also Zinfandel Puglia (Primitivo di Manduria, Salento); California (Lodi, Dry Creek, Paso Robles) serve 16–18 °C ages 1–8 years
Primitivo is a red grape: very full-bodied, moderate acidity, moderate tannin, usually dry. 74 Primitivo wines from £8.69. Typical aromas: ripe blackberry, jammy black fruit, sweet spice, dried fig, cinnamon.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Tannin
lowhigh
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Primitivo sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
barbecue ribs, burgers, pizza, chilli, Thanksgiving turkey, sausages. ripe sweet fruit handles smoky and lightly spiced food
Where it grows
Puglia (Primitivo di Manduria, Salento), Italy — ripe, warm, often off-dry impression
California (Lodi, Dry Creek, Paso Robles), United States — Zinfandel: high alcohol, jammy, spicy; old vines
If you like Primitivo
74 Primitivo wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 30
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred