Vodopivec Vitovska 2016

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Light & Fruity
Country of Origin:	Italy
Wine Region:	Friuli
Grape Varietal:	Vitovska
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	6 bottles
$563.58 Per Case ($93.93/btl)

Tasting Notes

Paolo Vodopivec owns this organically and biodynamically farmed Carso estate, on the border with Slovenia, and just north of Trieste. Vodopivec (vo-do-pee-vetz), works solely with the Vitovska grape, and knows it intimately. Only 50 hectares of Vitovska currently exist in Carso, and 6 hectares are owned by the brothers on their limestone plateau estate. Vodopivec, inspired by the wines of Gravner, uses amphorae to age many of his wines. From a vineyard at 260m, the destemmed Vitovska grapes are crushed and native fermented in Georgian Anfora, and in contact with the skins for six months, plunged several times a day. The wine then matured for 24 months in large 3000L Slavonian oak barrels prior to bottling without fining or filtration.

Critical Praise