Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol a project that involves Joe

a project that involves Joe Bastianich and the Meregalli Group

and aromatic

romantic complexity is a good head on the shoulders of a strong body—the wine is impressive today (if given some air)

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

Sustainable

Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol a project that involves JoeThe 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