Pinot Grigio Collio Ramato

Wines

Copper-gold in the glass, a wine that trades Pinot Grigio’s usual pale reticence for something wilder and more honest. Grown on the wind-swept slopes of Monte Calvario above Gorizia, in the Ponca soils that force these vines to dig deep for what little the earth gives up. Fermented and macerated on its skins with only wild yeast, resting patiently in large oak before it’s ever allowed to leave the cellar — this is Pinot Grigio in its wild and natural state.

Appellation: Venezia Giulia IGT

Region: Friuli Venezia-Giulia

Type: Skin contact wine, sometimes called orange or amber wine, dry

Varietal: 100% Pinot Grigio

Wine Details:

Tasting Notes:

Color: Deep copper/amber.

Bouquet: Complex nose with hints of currant and raspberry, green walnut and wet rock.

Palate: Mineral and fresh with hints of pineapple and golden apple; long and spicy.

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: White fish, light seafood dishes, perfect with summer dishes.

Vinyard Notes:

Vineyard: Monte Calvario (planted 2003), Gorizia.

Altitude: 110/140 m a.s.l.

Exposure: East.

Cultivation method: Guyot unilateral.

Soil: Ponca – Opoka, Sandstone/Marl.

Yield: 30 qq per Ha.

Winemaking Notes:

Vinification: The maceration begin in big barrels of oak for 30 days. After fermentation, aged in five hl barrels for two years, then bottle-aged for one year prior to release.