Gravner Bianco Breg 2005 Venezia Giulia IGT
GravnerGrape:Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Riesling Italico
Vintage: 2005
Type: Orange
Another very mild year with moderate rain during the whole summer. Autumn rain resulted in grapes developing an optimum level of noble rot. Last day of harvesting: Wednesday, 12 October. A blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Pinot grigio and Riesling Italico, which are fermented separately and aged together. Fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground. After a long maceration with native yeasts and no temperature control, the wine was pressed and returned to age in the amphorae for at least five more months. Afterwards, it was aged in large oak barrels for four years. Bottled without fining or filtration.
Gravner
Long aged, long lived, and profound, we invite you to discover the magic that can be bottled in Italy’s North easternmost corner.
I make wines for myself. What’s left—I sell.’ Josko Gravner
In the hills above Gorizia, in sight of both the Julian Alps and the Adriatic, Joško Gravner’s family has made wine in the neighboring villages of Hum and Oslavia for generations.
Oslavia is a small hamlet near the town of Gorizia in the Friuli region, situated on the Collio.
The estate has a a total surface area of 32 hectares, of which 18 hectares are currently vineyards. The remaining land comprises woods, meadows and ponds.
A highly acclaimed producer of technical, stylish Friulian wines early in his career, Joško underwent a crisis of faith in the mid-1990’s, realizing that he simply didn’t enjoy drinking his own wines anymore. The story of his perilous journey into the Caucasus mountains and his encounters with millennia-old Georgian viticultural traditions has been well told by now, but it is not an exaggeration to say that Gravner is among those who prevented millennia-old vinicultural practices from disappearing from his homeland.
“Little by little I started getting rid of all the extra equipment I had bought, starting with steel wine tanks and ending with barrique barrels. I don't think it is possible that, over the last few decades, five thousand years of winemaking history have been erased so easily.”