Cuvées

Castelvecchio Vitovska

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

CastelvecchioFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€Still White

Native Carso Vitovska from Castelvecchio at Sagrado. The cellar bottles Vitovska without skin contact, showing the variety's clean saline-mineral side.

Kante Vitovska

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Edi KanteFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Still White

Native Carso Vitovska from Edi Kante at Duino-Aurisina. Kante's underground three-floor cellar cut into the Carso karst is among Italian winemaking's most distinctive buildings.

Lupinc Vitovska

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

LupincFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€Still White

Native Carso Vitovska from family Lupinc at Prosecco (Trieste). Small Carso producer in the village above Trieste.

Skerk Ograde

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Funky

SkerkFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Orange

Carso field-blend white from Skerk. Ograde co-ferments four white varieties on skins as the cellar's signature blend.

Skerk Vitovska

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

SkerkFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Orange

Native Carso Vitovska from Sandi Skerk at Sgonico. Skerk's underground cellar is cut into the karst rock alongside the neighbouring Zidarich and Vodopivec sites.

Vodopivec Solo

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky

VodopivecFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€€Orange

Single-parcel long-skin-contact Vitovska from Vodopivec. Solo is the cellar's top cuvée from a single Carso parcel.

Vodopivec Vitovska

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky

VodopivecFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€€Orange

Long-skin-contact Vitovska from Paolo Vodopivec on the Carso. The cellar buried its first qvevri amphorae in 2005 and built around them an orange-wine line that critics rate alongside Gravner and Radikon.

Zidarich Prulke

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Funky

ZidarichFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Orange

Carso field-blend white from Zidarich. The Prulke blend co-ferments Vitovska, Malvasia Istriana and Sauvignon together on skins.

Zidarich Vitovska

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

ZidarichFriuli-Venezia Giulia€€€€€€€Orange

Native Carso Vitovska from Beniamino Zidarich at Sgonico. Shorter skin contact than Vodopivec gives the wine more freshness, but the orange-wine signature remains.

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