Teran is one of those grape varieties that you should think in the local context and with the culinary tradition of Istria: with Prosciutto and Goulash, Jota (the stew) and Musetto (the cooking sausage), with the Osmiza (this year), the bora (the wind ) and winter in the karst. In itself, Teran ...
The art of foam wine production is also one of the many talents of Branko and Vasja Čotar. For this they take their own way. For example, you attach great importance to the quality of your basic wine, for which only flawless malvazija and Vitovska grapes are read in minimal quantities (32HL/ha) a...
The ČRNA is a foam wine made of teran, which is produced according to the mèthode, and an authentic representation of the properties inherent in it. So there is no shortage of acidity and tannin, nor. Even if Father & Son Čotar orientate themselves from the champagne when it comes to the wine gro...
data sheet
Grape variety: Malvazija/Vitovska
Vineyard: Terra Rossa, approx. 100 meters near the sea, 7000 sticks on the hectare, 600 gr.
reading: By hand
Fermentation: spontaneous | Wild yeast, 7-day mash fermentation in 2000 liters of open wooden tubs
expansion: 24 months in 1500 liters of...
The word Karst is derived from the Latin Carsus, a word that the Romans once used for stony and sterile areas. For the Friulan Karst, for example. Most of it is made of limestone and stores water so badly that it is rather hostile to life for 99% of the fauna and flora: not so for sandoters, bock...
data sheet
Grape variety: Teran
Vineyard: Terra Rossa
reading: By hand
Fermentation: spontaneous | Wild yeast, 15 days of mash fermentation
expansion: 7 years in 1500 liters of wooden barrels, 48 months in the bottle
Filtration: no
SO₂: 19 mg/l
Alcohol content: 12 % vol
Closure: Nat...
Vitovska is an old variety with a young story. Since always native to Istrian-Friulan Karst, it was only slowly rediscovered in the 1980s, but was then planted out in the shortest possible time by every winegrower in the area. It is difficult to say what the long forgotten may have been around th...
Datenblatt
Rebsorte: Pinot Noir
Weingarten: auf Quarzphyllit in der Lage Tschötsch auf 630 Meter Höhe
Lese: Per Hand
Vergärung: spontan | wilde Hefen | ohne Temperaturkontrolle
Ausbau: 11 Monate im großen Holzfass, 5 Monate im Stahltank
Filtration: nein
SO₂: < 25mg/l
Alkoholgehalt: 11...
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Rebsorte: Blauer Portugieser
Weingarten:70-110 Jahre alte Reben auf einem bis zu 820 Meter hohen Südhang im Eisacktal mit einer Stockdichte von 9500 Reben/ha
Lese: Per Hand
Vergärung: spontan | wilde Hefen | ohne Temperaturkontrolle
Ausbau: 11 Monate im gebrauchten Barrique
Filt...
Datenblatt
Rebsorte: Riesling
Weingarten: von Quarzphyllit und Granit durchsetzte Hänge auf 650-770 Meter Höhe in den Lagen Tschötsch und Holzer
Lese: Per Hand
Vergärung: spontan | wilde Hefen | ohne Temperaturkontrolle
Ausbau: Im Holzfass
Filtration: nein
SO₂: < 25mg/l
Alkoholgehalt...
Datenblatt
Rebsorte: Silvaner
Weingarten: bis zu 60 Jahre alte Reben auf einem bis zu 770 Meter hohen Südhang im Eisacktal
Lese: Per Hand
Vergärung: spontan | wilde Hefen | ohne Temperaturkontrolle
Ausbau: 11 Monate im großen Holzfass, 5 Monate iim Stahltank
Filtration: nein
SO₂: < 25m...
The C.C.C. is the most daring of Daniele Ricci's many Timorasso variants. The name itself bears witness to this: the C.C.C. stands for "come un cane in chiesa", "like a dog in church", and thus subtly indicates that we are dealing with a wine that has been vinified beyond classic conventions.
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