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Orion Salento Primitivo

Producer: Li Veli
Style: Red
Vintage: 2007
Grapes: Primitivo 100%
Region: Italy < Puglia < Salento

PRICE: $14

Tasting Notes and Food Pairing Suggestions

  • Spaghetti with San Marzano tomato sauce, basil, and hot red chile flakes
  • Roasted chicken legs marinated with anchovy paste and balsamic vinegar
  • Braised salmon with tomato sauce, Moroccan black olives, garlic, and preserved lemons

This lively Primitivo, a variety native to Puglia on Italy's Adriatic coast (and a supposed cousin of Zinfandel), is very fresh in style and opens with alluring notes of chocolate covered cherries. Packed with juicy red cherry fruit and baking spices, this medium-bodied wine gets a jolt of vibrancy from bright acidity and ends with plush, finely-grained tannins on the finish. A great everyday match for high acid foods - think dishes that incorporate tomatoes, vinegar, lemon, etc.

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