Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol and especially of sliced yellow

and especially of sliced yellow peach

enlarging the cellars in Avize and refocusing their winemaking in the 1970s

perfectly balanced with a long finish

and richly-fruited sparkling from his local Grasparossa variety of Lambrusco

a project that involves Joe Bastianich and the Meregalli Group

Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol and especially of sliced yellowThe one wine in Paolos cellar that doesnt spend time in amphorae, Origine is fermented in open top wooden casks, and spends three years in large Slavonian botti before bottling. What it perhaps lacks in textural je ne sais quoi compared to its terra cotta aged brethren it makes up for in a stricter, more vividly limestone driven mineral characteralmost a Chablis like saltiness and snap. There is an arresting purity here, reminiscent of pure mountain