Not 2020 - Paraschos

Not - Paraschos

The Not is obtained from pure Pinot Grigio grapes coming from the Slatnik vineyard located on a brown-clay soil with an average age of 30 years. After harvesting the grapes are dirasped and fermented spontaneously with their skins in a large can for at least 10 days. Contact with the skins gives the wine a very intense color that can vary, with respect to the degree of ripening of the grapes, from dark amber to intense rosé. Affinate in large oak barrels on its lees for at least 24 months. Bottled with no added sulfur dioxide and no filtration. The Not has intense color tending to copper. On the nose there are candied and dry fruit sensations with mythical notes. In the mouth it is structured, dry, warm with a pleasant freshness and light tannicity. Good persistence with a return of candied fruit.

Service

It is advisable to taste at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately but does not mind being aged a few years.

Pairing

The combinations are many, and they definitely prefer decisive flavors, to try with a wet goat's saddle or raw tuna fillets.

The cellar: Paraschos

The Paraschos are a family of Greek origin that produces wine in an artisanal way in the small village of San Floriano del Collio, in the province of Gorizia, a step from the Slovenian border. The San Floriano area is at an altitude of 276 meters above sea level and is characterized by a special microclimate; Protection of the Julian Alps to the North and the Carpathian Highlands in Southeast, the ventilation from the narrow valleys of the Isonzo and Vipacco and the influence of the Adriatic that is added to a single soil composed of marcas of Eocene origin, which the locals call "Ponca", contribute to the production of great wines. The area is famous because since antiquity, the practice of fermenting must with its skins has been consolidated for a few days to improve its flavor, scent and longevity over time. The Paraschos begin to produce wine for their farmhouse, still in operation, then to pass in 2003, to a natural viticulture for obtaining traditional wines that mirror the territory, to be proposed to the general public. Their vineyards are cultivated at Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Tocai Friulano, Yellow Ribolla, Picolit, Verduzzo, White Pinot, Friulano, Merlot, Barbera and Refosco. Vineyards do not use chemical fertilizers or herbicides and fertilizers occasionally occur and only with appropriately seasoned animal manure. In the cellar fermentations occur spontaneously without the use of selected yeasts with long refinements in large oak barrels on their own yeasts. Since 2009 the Paraschos with the best grapes create the selection "Amphoreus", fine wines in terracotta amphora. Their wines are absolutely territorial and unique.