Attanasio Primitivo – a BIG wine from a little winery

I recently visited Puglia for the first time.  Located down at the heel of Italy it is a magical land of rusty red earth, giant olive trees, Trulli and Primitivo wine. Primitivo is said to be the older cousin of Zinfandel but interestingly enough, after actual DNA testing, they were found to both be clones of a Croatian grape called Crljenak. It actually was a struggle to try to research wineries and schedule tastings in Puglia.  There seems to...

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