If you like zinfandels, you should try primitivo. Al and Hugh share some of the "treasures" they've found.
Click the links to purchase their recommendations at Kenilworth Wine & Spirits.
The Wines
Price key: $=less than $20 $$= $20-40 $$$=$40-60 $$$$=above $60
Quality key: * = decent wine ** = very good wine *** = superb wine ****= elite
VALUE = exceptional quality for the money
Antica Masseria Primitivo di Manduria '15 **1/2 $ VALUE
Dry Amarone look-alike, powerful, soft, rich, deep and powerful
Antica Masseria "Jorche" Primitivo di Manduria '12 *** $$
Brunello/Gigondas cross, very complex, huge wine for huge food
Antica Masseria "Jorche" Riserva Primitivo di Manduria '12 ***1/2 $$
Like the biggest Chateauneuf du Pape you could imagine, regal, rich
Masseria Altemura Primitivo "Sasseo" '14 **1/2 $ VALUE
Very zinfandel-like, classic California flavors, not at all old-world
Menhir Quota 31 Primitivo, Salento '13 ** $
Vacqueyras look-alike, lots of field herbs and wildness, jammy, simple
