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Nekaj (Friulano)

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Nekaj — “something” in Slovenian, the dialect of these border hills — is as good a word as any for a wine that refuses to sit still in a glass.  Grown on the Ponca soils of Gradiscutta and Monte Calvario, where the vines have been left to root deep into ancient marl and sandstone since 1991. Fermented spontaneously, macerated on its skins for up to three months, then given three long years in old oak before it’s ever allowed near a cork. Nothing is added. Nothing is rushed.

The result is gold shot through with amber, honeyed and wild — dried flowers, bruised pear, ginger, wet stone, and a bitter almond snap that keeps the whole thing honest. Full-bodied, textured, almost chewable, with a long, savory finish that lingers like a good argument.  This is Friulano unbound — a wine with sediment in the bottle and soul in the glass. Decant it. Let it breathe.

Appellation: Venezia Giulia IGT

Type: White, dry, skin-contact

Varietal: 100% Nekaj (Friulano)

Wine Details:

Tasting Notes:
Color: Straw gold, deepening to golden yellow with clear orange hues from extended skin contact
Bouquet: Pretty aromatics of white fruit, spice and herbs.
Palate: Light fruit and a honey elegance balanced with a bitter note that fades into the minerality of the terroir.
Unfiltered: The presence of sediments is essential to keep the wine alive and to conserve it.
Serve: Best when served at 15°C or 59° F
Food Pairing: Appetizers and first plates. Salads, sandwiches, salumi and cheeses.

Vinyard Notes:
Vineyard: Gradiscutta (planted 1991), and Monte Calvario (planted 2003), Gorizia.
Altitude: 110/140 m a.s.l.
Exposure: South.
Cultivation method: Guyot unilateral.
Soil: Ponca – Opoka, Sandstone/Marl.
Yield: 40 qq per Ha.

Winemaking Notes:
Vinification: The maceration begin in big barrels of oak for 60 to 90 days. When the fermentation is finished, it is aged in 20 or 30 hl barrels for 36 months and refined and held in bottle for one year before release.

 

Reviews:

2009 Bianco Nekaj – 93 Points – Vinous Media (Dec 2013)
“The 2009 Nekaj (Friulano) bursts from the glass with freshly cut flowers, mint, tangerine and juicy, succulent peaches. Here, too, the purity and varietal expressiveness of the fruit are just striking. From an aromatic and flavor profile, the Nekaj is much like the Malvasia, which is to say aromatic, bright and floral to the core.“   ~ A,G.