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Top 5 Zinfandel/Primitivo at the LCBO

Botter Primitivo 2019, Igt Puglia Bottle Botter Primitivo 2019, Igt Puglia

Puglia, Italy
86421

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Fantini Numero Uno Primitivo 2020 Bottle Fantini Numero Uno Primitivo 2020

Puglia, Italy
442491

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Zinfandel/Primitivo

Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although a semi-sweet rose (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine in the United States. The grape's high sugar content can be fermented into levels of alcohol exceeding 15 per cent. 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, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas and in wines made from the earlier-ripening Primitivo clone.