The vine Zinfandel it is not grown in Italy. Its origin is in Croatia, but it is also grown in California. Its acreage in Croatia amounts to 20.400 ha (California), while globally it exceeds . The vine Zinfandel it is not grown in Italy. Its origin is in Croatia, but it is also grown in California. Its acreage in Croatia amounts to 20.400 ha (California), while globally it exceeds .
Zinfandel
Lo Zinfandel it's a vine black berried much cultivated in California. The Zinfandel arrived in this area fromEurope (where it is known as Primitive in Italy e Tribidrag o Crljenak Kastelanski in Croatia) at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, spreading with great success in the wine-growing areas of Napa e Sonoma, where it is still grown today with great success. The Zinfandel it is almost considered a Californian autochthonous vine, despite the fact that vitis vinifera is not indigenous to the Americas. The Zinfandel it is also grown in South Africa and Australia, both with the name Zinfandel That like Primitive, but it remains a whim of individual producers and, outside of California, it has not acquired the role of wine of the territory elsewhere. The "Zin“, As it is affectionately called in the United States, was used to produce the most disparate typology of wine, give it Dry red zinfandel, icon ofoenology Americana, at White Zinfandel, vinified in white.
Il Red wine fermo produced with the Zinfandel there is generally a colore ruby intense and deep, with purple hues that tend to garnet with aging. The scent is of Red fruits like black cherry, blackberries, plums, with more floral notes of violet. THE'aging Wood it gives it spicy hints, among which we find cinnamon, cacao, black pepper e licorice. On the palate it is warm, full and enveloping, with delicate and endowed good tannins persistence.
Lo Zinfandel is a variety ad high yield, for which it is best grown in not very fertile soils and equipped with good drainage capacity. THE'ripening period it is medium late. THE bunches are compact, of average size, with berries that often have different levels of ripeness within the same cluster.
