Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol perfectly balanced with a long

perfectly balanced with a long finish

and especially of sliced yellow peach

and bottling takes place before primary fermentation is finished while sugars are still actively converting to alcohol

and richly-fruited sparkling from his local Grasparossa variety of Lambrusco

a project that involves Joe Bastianich and the Meregalli Group

Vodopivec, Vitovska "Origine" Colludrozza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2018 lowalcohol perfectly balanced with a longThe 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