2015 Gravner, Ribolla - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - 3 Flessen (0.75 liter)

Ribolla Gialla Gravner is an orange wine of undoubted personality, a monument of the Collio, specifically of the locality called Oslavia. A wine above any classification, beyond any convention and pre-established scheme. It all starts from the natural forces of the place, where the skilled craftsman Josko Gravner works. An environment in which the plant is in balance with nature and the animals and insects increase the vitality of the soil, cultivated according to an agricultural approach that aims to seek biodiversity and natural balance.

The Ribolla Gialla grapes come from a cultivation that goes above organic and biodynamic dictates. The cellar, immersed in a magical environment where the essential reigns, welcomes the bunches that have reached perfect maturity and integrity. Spontaneous fermentation takes place inside the Caucasian amphorae, expertly used as true amplifiers of natural transformations, to bring out the deepest things mother earth can give through the grapes. The duration of maceration in contact with the skins is prolonged and allows the quantity of sulfur dioxide to be drastically limited. The wine, after being pressed and drawn off, rests for 5 months again in amphora, and then refines for 6 years in large oak barrels. The long stop aims to elevate the wine towards full maturity, achieved only with the experience accumulated by stopping for a long period. It is a substance that does not remain still, but continues to evolve, it is living and pure matter that takes time!

The Gravner Ribolla Gialla Anfora shows an intense amber and impenetrable appearance to the eye. On the nose you can sense the scent of the Collio land, what the grapes have stored and which it faithfully conveys in the glass. Thus, broad and layered sensations of aromatic herbs alternate, including sage, oregano and rosemary, notes of apricot, peach and withered flowers, combined with intense sensations of beeswax, candied citrus fruits, tree resins and anise. The unusual and at the same time exciting tannicity noticeable when tasted is due to the very long maceration on the skins carried out in amphora. On the palate it shows a three-dimensional body, full and deep, endowed with a vital freshness and a valuable balsamic memory that recall maritime environments and evergreen forests. Climb the highest peaks of the imagination with great ease. You will no longer know how to get down. Prodigious expressive peak.