Orion Primitivo, 2023
A red wine from the Salento region of Italy, known for its dry, robust yet pleasant taste. The wine harmoniously blends flavors of ripe fruits like red plums and mulberries with hints of pink pepper and sandalwood, offering a rich and balanced tasting experience.
About this wine
Wine Style:
Hearty and juicy: Cherry, plum, raspberry, light leather. Pleasantly balanced.
Tasting Notes:
Dark ruby, almost purple. Nose of dried plums, blackberry, and a hint of cedar. Palate follows the nose, with added dried herbs. Medium-long finish.
Gastronomy:
full-flavoured or spicy dishes
Vineyards:
10-20 years old vines, clayey and sandy soil with calcar presence. Harvested end of August
Maturation:
6 months in French oak barriques, then 3 months in bottle
Winemaking process:
This Primitivo comes from 10- to 20-year-old vines on limestone-clay soils in Salento, harvested at the end of August. It ferments in steel tanks at 22–28°C and then rests for a few months in barriques. Primitivo is genetically the same grape as California's Zinfandel; both descend from Croatia's Crljenak Kaštelanski.
Vinoteka's note
Bright ruby Primitivo from Salento. Red plum, mulberry and pink pepper with a hint of sandalwood; dry, focused and easy to enjoy glass after glass. The producer suggests serving it slightly cool, at 12–14 °C, with rich or spicy food such as orecchiette with sausage ragù.
“Aromas of black cherry, blackberry and dark chocolate.”Wine Enthusiast, 91 points, Best Buy, 2023
Written by the Vinoteka team from the producer's technical sheet.
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