{"id":2055,"date":"2019-02-27T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/itle-varie-espressioni-del-primitivo-puglieseenthe-many-sides-to-primitivo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:07:24","slug":"itle-varie-espressioni-del-primitivo-puglieseenthe-many-sides-to-primitivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/itle-varie-espressioni-del-primitivo-puglieseenthe-many-sides-to-primitivo\/","title":{"rendered":"The various expressions of Apulian Primitivo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><b style=\"text-align: justify\">Primitivo<\/b><span style=\"text-align: justify\">, now the undisputed star of <b style=\"text-align: justify\">Apulian wine production<\/b>, still has much to reveal about its origins and provenance. There is no definitive data on when or how it arrived <b style=\"text-align: justify\">in Apulia<\/b>, but it is known that its characteristics are very similar to those of Zinfandel, a European grape that made its way to California, and Plavac Mali, a <b style=\"text-align: justify\">typical grape<\/b> from certain areas of Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_DidefaultA\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17197\" src=\"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/prim-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"primitivo di manduria\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_DidefaultA translation-block\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Certainly, Primitivo was already present <b>in Apulia<\/b> at the time of the Greeks, when the nectar of this fruit was immediately identified as \u201c<b>merum<\/b>,\u201d <b>pure wine<\/b>, in contrast to the more traditional \u201c<b>vinum<\/b>,\u201d which referred to <b>wine mixed<\/b> with water, honey, or other added substances, making it sweeter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Didefault translation-block\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The name <b><a href=\"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/primitivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Primitivo<\/a><\/b> is attributed to the grape itself, thanks to its main characteristic: early ripening compared to all other <b>red berry<\/b> varieties present <b>in Apulia<\/b>. In fact, it reaches full maturity around the end of August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Didefault translation-block\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are different regions where it is cultivated, and various aging methods produce <b><a href=\"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/vini-di-puglia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Apulian wines<\/a><\/b> that, while distinct from one another, share unmistakable notes and characteristics: an intense red color with violet highlights, aromas of small red fruits on the nose, and a distinct scent of plum and other spices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_DidefaultA\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17198\" src=\"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/primitivodimanduria-papale_papale-oro-su-legno-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"primitivo di manduria papale linea oro\" width=\"5000\" height=\"2572\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_DidefaultA translation-block\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/varvaglione-1921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Varvaglione family<\/a>, for its part, has made this variety its flagship wine worldwide. The different types produced reflect the various regions and aging methods, yet they all share unique and special characteristics, as well as the Varvaglione touch. They will be featured in the column \u201c<b>The Various Expressions of Apulian Primitivo<\/b>,\u201d offering a way to get to know and distinguish them for pairing with <b>dishes<\/b> from the <b>Apulian tradition<\/b> and beyond\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primitivo, now the undisputed star of Apulian winemaking<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22882,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions\/22882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varvaglione.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}