2008 Vinnae Ribolla Gialla IGT SCREWCAP

A deliciously full-flavoured white wine from the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the northeast of Italy and the famed winemaking area of the Collio.

With the 1983 vintage, the Jermann family began calling their Ribolla Gialla Vinnae to mark the birth of their second son, Michele, and also to celebrate the 100 years of work and dedication to both vineyard and wine of five generations of Jermanns, who came to Villanova in 1881 from Bilijana (now in Collio Sloveno). From vinnaioli comes the name Vinnae for the Ribolla Gialla, which was mostly cultivated by the family in Collio since the 18th century.

Now the bottle is sealed under Stelvin screwcap.

Tasting Notes
It has a clear, brilliant straw-yellow colour. Its aroma is fruity, mineral and elegant, for all its rustic forthrightness, with a taste that is dry, zesty and full-flavoured.

Matching
Excellent as an aperitif, with seafood appetisers or fish first courses. Its excellent drinkability and freshness make it especially pleasant in summer.

Winemaking Notes
Grapes: 90% Ribolla Gialla, 5% Tocai Friulano and 5% Riesling.
Type of terrain: Predominantly marlstone and sandstone belonging to the Flysch formation from the Eocene era that gave rise to a rocky substrate that later formed the characteristic "ponca" of the Collio area.
Only small volumes are ever made and this enables Jermann to control the quality of each individual parcel by tending it meticulously throughout the year. Yields are kept low in order to increase concentration and are harvested at the optimum ripeness / acidity balance.
Part of the wine is matured for 6 months in Slavonian oak barrels.