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Layer Cake Primitivo 2011 Wine Review

Layer Cake Primitivo 2011

Layer Cake Primitivo 2011

Puglia I.G.T., Italy

Community Score:85/100

Community Reviews: 4

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Price: $20.25

Drink: 2013-2017

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13.5%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Layer Cake

Agent: Kylix Wines

Natalie's Score: 87/100

Sweet purple plums and fleshy blueberries on the nose and palate. Almost full-bodied and very plush and smooth. The requisite grandfather story is on the back label along with the words 100% hand-crafted. Loaded with mocha and black icing, this is a liquid layer cake.

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This Layer Cake Primitivo 2011 was reviewed on November 8, 2014 by Natalie MacLean

Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 153221
  • $21.48 
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Reviews and Ratings

Heather Wall - CS; WSET Advanced rated this wine as 84/100 with the following review:

Stewed and full-bodied. Deep dark and brooding with black and blue fruits( cassis, black plum, blueberry,black raspberry), violets, warm spices, black pepper, vanilla, cedar,smoke, chocolate. Length is long and tannic.Characteristics reminiscent to it's California cousin Zinfandel. Pasta with a heavy meat sauce, roasted beef, meat lovers pizza. Decanting suggested. Might cellar the next 2-3 years to help soften tannins.
Tasted: November 8, 2014
A Jayson Woodbridge wine, he of 100 acre woods in California (think Christopher Robin). This Italian red wine is made from all Primitivo (Zinfandel) grapes grown on old vines planted in the iron-clay soil in the Manduria region. Its an IGT rather than DOC quality designation because the alcohol level is 13% not 14%. - Community Wine Reviews

1 Member would buy this wine again

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