3 low sulfite spots in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All dietary guides in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Radikon (S range and 500 ml standard line) ★ 4.7
Oslavia · Tre Buchi, 4, 34170 Oslavia, Gorizia, Italy
Radikon at Oslavia is the regional benchmark for low-sulphite bottling. The S range (Sasa Radikon's no-added-sulphite line, in the standard 500 ml format) is the canonical no-added-sulphite Friulian skin-contact white; the standard 500 ml line carries only a minimal addition at bottling.
Tip: Ask the cellar for the S range when the allocation allows; the no-added bottling carries a different shipping-and-handling note than the standard line.
Gravner (minimal-sulphite bottling at the qvevri cellar) ★ 4.7
Oslavia · Localita Lenzuolo Bianco, 9, 34170 Oslavia, Gorizia, Italy
Gravner's qvevri-and-oak elevage runs for 5 to 7 years before bottling, building natural antioxidant reserves that allow a minimal-sulphite bottling regime.
Tip: Gravner ships only when the cellar considers the wine ready; the 5-to-7-year elevage is part of the low-sulphite programme and library bottles drink at full evolution.
Vodopivec (minimal-sulphite Vitovska) ★ 4.6
Sgonico · Localita Colludrozza, 4, 34010 Sgonico, Trieste, Italy
Paolo Vodopivec's monovarietal Vitovska ferments in buried qvevri with indigenous yeasts and extended skin contact (6 to 12 months), with sulphite added only in a minimal dose at bottling.
Tip: Vodopivec is a Carso reference for low-sulphite bottling; the qvevri programme runs without temperature control through the Carso winter.