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Vendor
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Gravner
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Regular price
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$138
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Sale price
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$138
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- ADDED SULPHITES (MG/L)
0
- FILTERED
No
- FINED
No
- SKIN CONTACT
Yes
- VINEYARD HEALTH
Organic
- YEAST
Wild
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VINEYARD HEALTH
Cultivation of the wine grapes. Almost all wines at NOTWASTED implement organic or biodynamic practices.
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SKIN CONTACT
The skins of the grapes can form part of the fermentation process. Unlike conventional white wine, natural winemakers will often leave skins of the grapes for part (or all) of the fermentation, the result is a cloudy and tannin filled wine.
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FILTERING
The filtering of the wine to remove particles post fermentation. Filtering particles may be aesthetically pleasing, but is often viewed as ‘unnatural’ and not filtering is said to create a more unique wine.
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FINING
Fining wines uses an agent (often gelatin or bentonite) to attract miniscule solids and join them together. Again this is seen as ‘unnatural’.
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SULPHUR
The amount of sulfur added to the wine. The affect of suplphites in wine on the human body is one of the most debated and researched parts of the winemaking process. Conventional wines often present up to 300mg per litre of wine.
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YEAST
The type of yeast used. Imported or wild. Yeast is crucial to break down grape sugars into alcohol. Wild yeast, relies on it naturally occuring as part of the fruit harvested. Although harder to execute, it’s often part of a natural winemaker’s process.
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About the maker
Josko Gravner may be less heard of than the likes of Saša Radikon, but his wines are of elite status amongst the Fruili Italians
Josko started making wine at the ripe age of 16. After 10 years of using barrels he decided it was time to experiment with clay amphora. Since that day he has never looked back. Fruit is hand harvested by the moon after late ripening and undergoes a seven year cycle of fermentation and aging: 1 year in amphora and 6 in oak, reflecting the regeneration pattern of cells in our bodies. Bottling is done in accordance with the lunar cycle. He has worked the vineyard and cellar by hand, without chemicals, releasing wines 7 years after harvest and with a passion that is hard to match, he is now producing some of the country's most precise, elegant and complex wines from this esteemed area of Italy.
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