Schiopetto Ribolla Gialla 2020 – 750ml Consortium

Winemaker Notes

Straw yellow with a golden background. Fresh and nutty, its bouquets is characterized by aromas of field blooming flowers. As on the nose, the palate is also flowery with a long and refreshing acidity.

A traditional Friuli wine which gives its best when cultivated in poor marl soil, always to be found growing from Collio Goriziano to Brda in Slovenia. In the zone of Capriva it originally took the name of Ribolla di Capriva. This is the last white grape to be harvested at the end of September, picked by hand and fermented at low temperatures to maintain the delicate aroma.

Winery Notes

Aziende Agricola Mario Schiopetto is one of the oldest wine estates in the Collio area and a leading light of the wine industry in Friuli. In the rolling hills in Capriva del Friuli, Mario Schiopetto founded this legendary estate in 1965 making new and highly controversial wines using stainless steel that would eventually inspire the entire Italian wine industry. The Schiopetto family’s vineyards cover the estate surrounding the former residence of the Bishop of Gorizia in the Rosazzo hills that form part of the Eastern Hills of Friuli. Gradually Mario’s children, Maria Angela, Carlo and Giorgio joined him in running the business, carrying on his project with sensitivity and respect, with love of tradition and real passion. In April 2014 the business passed into the hands of the Rotolo family who intend to maintain intact Mario’s mission and productive philosophy for the sake of continuity.