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Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of
California vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is
genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski,
and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in the "heel"
of Italy, where it was introduced in the 1700s. The grape found
its way to the United States in the mid-19th century, and became
known by variations of the name "Zinfandel", a name of uncertain
origin.
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The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although a
semi-sweet rosé (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six
times the sales of the red wine in the United States. The grape's
high sugar content can be fermented into levels of alcohol
exceeding 15 percent.
The taste of the red wine depends on the ripeness of the grapes
from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate
in wines from cooler areas,[4] whereas blackberry, anise and
pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas and in
wines made from the earlier-ripening Primitivo clone. |
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History
Europe (6000 BCE – 1870)
Archaeological evidence indicates that domestication of Vitis
vinifera occurred in the Caucasus region around 6000 BCE, and
winemaking was discovered shortly after.[5] Cultivation of the
vine subsequently spread to the Mediterranean and surrounding
regions. Croatia once had several indigenous varieties related to
Zinfandel,[6] which formed the basis of its wine industry in the
1800s. This diversity suggests that the grapes existed in Croatia
longer than anywhere else. However, these varieties were almost
entirely wiped out by the phylloxera epidemic of the late 19th
century, reducing Zinfandel to just nine vines of locally-known "Crljenak
Kaštelanski" discovered in 2001 on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia.
The first documented use of the term Primitivo appears in Italian
governmental publications of the 1870s. The name derives from the
terms primativus or primaticcio, which refer to the grape's
tendency to ripen earlier than other varieties. This name's
appearance 40 years after the first documented use of the term
Zinfandel was previously thought to suggest that Primitivo was
introduced to Italy from across the Atlantic; however, this
hypothesis became unlikely since the discovery of the vine's
Croatian origin.
Primitivo is now thought to have been introduced as a distinct
clone into the Apulia region of Italy in the 1700s.[7][9] Don
Francesco Filippo Indellicati, the priest of the church at Gioia
del Colle near Bari, selected an early ("primo") ripening plant of
the Zagarese variety (the name possibly derived from "Zagreb") and
planted it in Liponti.[9] This clone ripened at the end of August
and became widespread throughout northern Puglia.[9] Cuttings came
to the other great Primitivo DOC (denominazione di origine
controllata or "controlled denomination of origin") as part of the
dowry of the Countess Sabini of Altamura when she married Don
Tommaso Schiavoni-Tafuri of Manduria in the late 1800s. |
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