The first of a couple tasting notes from Trader Joe’s wines I’m trying out for potential house wines. I’d like to stay in the $10 a bottle or less range for everyday vino and I did like the 2004 vintage of this Primitivo earlier this year. My criteria other than price is food friendliness ... ”, Primitivo, IGT Puglia 2005 ($4) - Dark purple in color with aromas of dark fruit, earth and violets...

Campagna Gello, “Il Valore”, Primitivo, IGT Puglia, Italy 2004 ($5) A Trader Joe’s market ... or 4 wines and the one that first caught my attention was their Primitivo that I will review now. I ... for an interesting tasting. I’ve had several Primitivo in the past, but none of them were as good as most ... of Zinfandel and Primitivo as twins separated at birth with each adapting to their terroir and producing...

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Forum: Antonio Galloni's Italy Report Posted By: Sarah Newton Post Time: 11-02-2007 at 10:37 AM

Much has been written about Primitivo, the Italian grape with (they say) a Croatian genealogy and a genetic double in California's own Zinfandel. The cliché is that Zin is big, alcoholic, rich, a little sweet with residual sugars and susceptible...

Can you shed some specific information between the differences in primitivo and zinfandel...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: chaad thomas Post Time: 06-12-2008 at 04:44 AM

Thanks, I was finally able to open it.

2005 Cantele Primitivo. Yep, tastes like something a caveman would make. 2/5, $7...

I’m always attracted to the sweetness of primitivo/zinfandel though after a glass or so I usually find myself looking around for something different. At this price though this Kangarilla Road version of Primitivo is worth hooking into. You need a subscription to The Wine Front to see this part of the post...