Gravner

Gorizia · Gorizia (GO)

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Established

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the Gravner family; the modern estate was shaped by Josko Gravner

Yearly production

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estate (Oslavia / Collio)

Location

Oslavia, a frazione of Gorizia, province of Gorizia — the Collio on the Slovenian border, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Gorizia (GO)

Vineyard area

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hillside Collio vineyards at Oslavia planted principally to Ribolla Gialla and Pignolo, farmed without chemicals

Appellations

Venezia Giulia IGTCollio Goriziano o Collio DOC

History

Gravner, at Oslavia above Gorizia in the Collio, is the estate that ignited the modern skin-contact 'orange wine' movement. Josko Gravner, who took the family estate in hand in 1973 and first won fame for barrique-aged whites, radically changed course from the late 1990s — fermenting his white grapes on the skins in buried Georgian qvevri (terracotta amphorae) and ageing them for years.

The wines — above all a skin-macerated Ribolla Gialla — are amber, tannic, oxidatively-styled and utterly distinctive, and Gravner's example inspired a generation of natural and skin-contact winemakers around the world. Many bottlings are released as Venezia Giulia IGT rather than under the Collio DOC.

Working today with his daughter Mateja, Gravner makes the Ribolla and the Bianco 'Breg' (from Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay and Riesling Italico), plus a red Rosso 'Rujno' from Pignolo — reference points of the amphora-wine world.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Ribolla

Venezia Giulia IGT · Ribolla Gialla

The iconic amber, qvevri-fermented skin-contact Ribolla Gialla.

Bianco 'Breg'

Venezia Giulia IGT · Sauvignon / Pinot Grigio / Chardonnay / Riesling Italico

The other flagship skin-macerated white.

Rosso 'Rujno'

Venezia Giulia IGT · Pignolo

A rare Collio red from the native Pignolo.

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