REGION: Friuli

Sauvignon Blanc Collio
SKU #:
IT-STU-06-23
Vintage:
2023
Country:
Italy
Region:
Friuli
Appellation:
Collio
Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sauvignon
SKU #:
IT-ATU-05-23
Vintage:
2023
Country:
Italy
Region:
Friuli
Appellation:
IGT Venezia Giulia
Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Sustainable
With six hectares of vineyards in the Carso, Paolo Vodopivec works solely with the local Vitovska variety. He works organically and employs extended skin contact during fermentation. Stainless steel is never used, and each wine sees years of aging in amphorae, barrel and bottle before release.
In the cellar, Benjamin uses an old basket press, and he keeps his white wines in contact with their skins for a few weeks during fermentation (which always occurs spontaneously). Running through all of Zidarich’s wines is a driving, dancing, powerful yet balletic minerality—an essence of pure stone