Wine Grape Varieties

Primitivo

Primitivo is a black grape variety originating in the Balkans. Its main production areas are Italy and the United States, where it is known as Zinfandel.

Variety names and synonyms registered in the variety list

Bulgaria

• Зинфандел (Zinfandel)
• Примитиво (Primitivo)

Croatia

• Tribidrag
• Primitivo
• Zinfandel
• Pribidrag
• Crljenak
• Crljenak kaštelanski

Cyprus

• Zinfandel
• Primitivo

France

• Primitivo
• Zinfandel

Germany

• Primitivo
• Zinfandel
• Blaucher Scheuchner

Italy

• Primitivo
• Zinfandel

Malta

• Primitivo

Portugal

• Zinfandel

Romania

• Primitivo
• Zinfandel

Vineyard area by country and region (ha)

Main vine varieties by age group - Eurostat

	2015	2020
Italy	15,592	14,036
Puglia	15,383	13,718
Campania	72	211
Basilicata	135	70

link

• PRIMITIVO | VIVC
• Primitivo N / PlantGrape
• PRIMITIVO N / Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite
• Italian Vitis Database: Primitivo: general information
• Primitivo = Zinfandel (historische Sorte der Bergstrasse) | ANTES Weinbau Service GmbH
• Primitivo di Gioia » Wine Grape Variety Selector
• Zinfandel » Wine Grape Variety Selector
• Zinfandel: Croatia to California | Winegrapes of UC Davis
• Zinfandel | Jancis Robinson

source : Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY