GRAVNER Anfora Ribolla Gialla 2004

Gravner is one of the protagonists of Italian wine history. Josko perfectly represents a radical change in the way to think about wine in Friuli and in the world.
Gravner started practicing conventional viticulture but within a decade he decided to get rid of the technology he had bought, the steel tanks and the barrels. He arrived first in ’97 to macerate in large wooden vats without any temperature control, and then in 2001 to the point of no return that consecrated him to the world: vinification began in the large underground terracotta amphorae, the classic of Caucasian origin. from the Kakheti area.

Today Josko has also phased out all the vines he considered “outsider”, to get to grow in the vineyards of Oslavia and Hum (in Slovenia) only two historical native varieties: Ribolla Gialla and Pignolo Rosso.

For more than 25 years do not use synthetic chemicals in his vineyards, which works exclusively by hand, with care and a passion unmatched, which finds its roots in the deep sensitivity and respect for the ecosystem.

Josko is a pioneer of this style, a master, who ranks among the best winemakers in our country.

RIBOLLA GIALLA

• Colour: Amber yellow with natural residues
• Scent: Notes of herbs, resin and candies with hints of apricot, peach and dried flowers
• Taste: Full-bodied, intense, rich, complex and materic, with pleasant tannins, fresh and mineral aromas in a very long persistence

Vintage 2004

Made from Ribolla grapes which have been cultivated in thi area for more than a thousand years. While fermenting in Georgian amphorae buried underground, it underwent a long maceration with wild yeasts and no temperature control.
After the drawing off and pressing phases the wine was poured back into amphorae for at least five more months before it started ageing in large oak barrels; where it was left for three years. Wine is bottled without fining or filtration.