Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Medium ruby color. Aromas of cherry, cranberry, violets and oak. Smooth, full of red fruit on the palate, baking spices and black tea. — 16 days ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

One of a kind! Incredible red from a grape you won’t find anywhere else. — 5 years ago

Sharon B

9.2

Lots of fruit, very smooth, medium bodied. Very enjoyable. @Delectable Wine this is the Primitivo from Salento — 5 years ago

Nick MR

9.0

2017 vintage. Really enjoyed it. But again. — a year ago

Ross Bathgate

9.3

Golden yellow perfectly mature and showing all its faculties. Delicious! — 3 years ago

Travis Coleman

10

Semi sweet, smooth finish. — 5 years ago

Matt Konopka

9.0

Enjoyable, great drinker — 5 years ago

Andrej Orszagh

9.8

Probably the best Primitivo I had from all variety of Primitivo wines. — 2 years ago

Stephanie Swannack

9.8

Birthday dinner At Brasserie Four in walla walla with Daniel Isabella angela Jamie and Sylvie. From the region of Sylvie’s dad — 3 years ago

Connor Smith

9.3

The first European grapes were planted in what is now the U.S. in the 1600s, where Spanish missionaries in New Mexico needed sacramental wine. But Phylloxera was ever-present near the eastern population centers, so the earliest American wine industries were built on hybrid grapes. Cincinnati's sparkling Catawba was America's first cult wine, followed by cultivars like Norton, Isabella, and Concord in Missouri and Virginia. The sleeping giant began to awaken in the 1850s, when Agoston Haraszthy began importing high-quality vine material to California.

It all came crashing down with Prohibition in 1920. Not only were vineyards ripped up and knowledge lost, but the American palate became soft and sweet. Low-quality fortified wine from whatever grapes were available became the standard of the American wine industry.

Things began to shift in the 1960s. Robert Mondavi brought dry table wine, varietally labeled, back to the forefront. Boutique producers like Ridge began to creep toward European quality standards. The 1976 Judgement of Paris blind tasting, a sweeping victory for the Americans, proved that the New World wine was here to stay.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû's Wines 'History of Wine 1453AD-Present' seminar, where this wine was poured) — 5 years ago