Vodopivec IGT Venezia Giulia Vitovska 'Origine' 2018

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Vodopivec IGT Venezia Giulia Vitovska 'Origine' 2018The 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

Cheveau owns a parcel of 30-year-old Chardonnay in the vineyard “Aux Bouthières”—upgraded to premier cru status in the historic 2020 reclassification

of course)

The dominant notes are white flowers

Sébastien Genovesi destems the grapes and employs a lengthy maceration with daily pigeage and remontage

for all varietals

this steel-aged wine is clean

the 1982 Fargues is cleaner and more straightforward than the wildly complex and unctuous 1983

Chenin Blanc and Roussanne and Grenache Blanc are present as well

The wine is fermented in barrel (about one-third of which is new) and then spends 18 months in barrel for the élevage

full-throttle wine as this

from various holdings in the grand crus Avize and Oger

its woodsy nose with notes of truffle and spice announces a grand wine of breed and character that refuses to yield to the modern notion of easy drinkability

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