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Howie Hart
The Hart of Buffalo
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:13 pm
Niagara Falls, NY
TomHill wrote:...In Calif, Zin & Primitivo certainly look/grow differently in the vnyd and make somewhat different wines. GeorgeHendry makes a Zin and a Primitivo from the same vnyd and it's interesting to taste them side-by-side. The differences are not dramatic, but they are different.
Tom
Howie Hart wrote:So, this begs the question, as posed in another thread, are the Zin and Primitivo from the same vineyard growing on the same or different rootstocks? Enquiring minds, etc.
TomHill wrote:The work CaroleMeredith did definitively establish that Zin (Calif), Primitivo (Apulia), and ChrylnakCastellanski (Croatia) are all one in the same. And that Chrylnak (sp?) was the original and the other two are mere transplants.
Be aware that today's DNA testing cannot distinguish betweeen clones and that there are probably clonal differences betwixt Zin and Primitivo. In Calif, Zin & Primitivo certainly look/grow differently in the vnyd and make somewhat different wines. GeorgeHendry makes a Zin and a Primitivo from the same vnyd and it's interesting to taste them side-by-side. The differences are not dramatic, but they are different.
Ian Sutton
Spanna in the works
2558
Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
Norwich, UK
Mark Lipton wrote: By this usage, we all would be considered different clones of H. sapiens (I think -- any Neanderthals posting to WLDG?)
Bill Spohn
He put the 'bar' in 'barrister'
9536
Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:31 pm
Vancouver BC
Mark Lipton wrote:any Neanderthals posting to WLDG?
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