Primitivo and Canucks Game 4 vs Hawks
May 7, 2010 by Sheila Whittaker
Wine and food pairings? How about a wine and hockey pairing! Primitivo, the grape used to make this Italian red wine, comes from the Latin word “primitivus” which translates as precocious. And what could be more precocious than the goal against the Canucks at 0:18 of the first by Brent Seabrook?
It was clearly time to get out the corkscrew! I reached for a 2006 Primitivo from Cantele, which comes from the Salento IGT. The nose has some blackberry, Bing cherry, spicy toasted oak, clove and … relief! At first taste the smooth tannins and zesty berry flavours calmed my nerves. Wellwood scored at 1:34 and tied the game. This seems to be working!
The wine is vibrant and lively on the palate, but lacks the body that I was expecting. Certainly not a hard-hitter like O’Brien, who managed to get two cross-checking penalties — the second of which resulted in a Jonathan Toews goal at 9:23 that put the Hawks back up 2-1.
The finish is minty and long. Hopefully the Canucks will finish as pleasantly!
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