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$27.40
12 bottles:
$26.85
What an attractively floral gewurz this is, not only roses, but also honeysuckle and jasmine. More substance than it...
750ml
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$67.20
How can a gewurztraminer be this concentrated, have 14% alcohol and still be this subtle? It has all the floral notes...
750ml
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$16.66
12 bottles:
$12.76
Lychee and citrus peel aromas yield to flavors of exotic spice. Fantastic with aromatic or spicy dishes.
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$16.51
$18.34
Always reliable, the 2018 Gewürztraminer delivers again, boasting flamboyant scents of rose petals, lychee fruit and...
750ml
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$18.32
$19.28
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$14.00
Big, inky-black fruit, spice and white pepper; layered and rich in the mouth with jammy black cherries, truffles,...
750ml
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$16.24
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$15.92
Deep ruby red with violet reflections. Intense fruity bouquet with notes of plum and cherry, hints of Mediterranean...
750ml
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$26.40
12 bottles:
$25.87
100% Gewürztraminer from No Clos Radio Vineyard in Tualatin Hills AVA (NW Willamette Valley). Fruit from No Clos...
750ml
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$16.94
6 bottles:
$16.60
A balanced, medium-bodied red, with light tannins and a subtle underpinning of fresh, loamy earth layered with...
750ml
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$14.34
$15.59
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$14.05
Dense ruby red with a purplish rim, it is immediately intense on the nose with marked aromas of ripe and fleshy red...
750ml
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$14.73
12 bottles:
$13.99
Dark, brooding and spicy, the 2019 Primitivo di Manduria lifts up with notes of crushed rocks, cardamom and black...
750ml
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$16.90
$18.00
Raspberry coulis and fresh soil with grass popping through on the nose turns to an almost cake-like raspberry and...
750ml
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$22.94
12 bottles:
$22.48
What's not to love o'love about lime, lavender and rose-scented bathwater aromas? The Gewürztraminer's lychee fruit...
750ml
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$13.93
$15.00
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$13.65
100% Primitivo. Perrini's Primitivo comes from estate vines averaging 30 to 35 years old, with some getting up to 60...
750ml
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$14.94
12 bottles:
$14.64
Opaque ruby. There is a savory, earthy aroma on the nose, reminiscent of meat cooking on an open fire. The palate is...
750ml
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$11.94
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$11.70
Monastrell made in eighty-year-old conofors (think dairy tanks but made of American oak). Filtered by gravity and,...
750ml
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$17.94
12 bottles:
$17.58
Intense and complex of ripe red pulp fruit (cherry, plum, raspberry) in a balanced bottling with light wooden notes....
750ml
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$22.80
Dark ruby red, with garnet hues. It opens with notes of ripe blackberry and raspberry, followed by intense aromas of...
Gewurztraminer Pigato Primitivo
Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.