not - 2017
Paraschos
4.00 / 5.0
- Type
- white still, dry
- Region
- IGP Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Producer
- Paraschos
- Vintage
- 2017
- Grapes
- Pinot Grigio
- Alcohol
- 13.5
- Sugar
- unknown
- Price
- 1288 UAH
- Cellar
- not available
The 2017 "not" is a 100% Pinot Grigio, sourced from 30-year-old vines of the Slatnik vineyard. The grapes are hand-harvested and destemmed. Half of them are macerated for 8-10 days on the skins. The other half is direct-pressed. Both halves are assembled together to finish the spontaneous fermentation. And then the wine ages in Slavonian oak barrels for 2 years.
Ratings
4.00 / 5.0·750 ml·@Garage · Notorious Friuli by Vova and Mykola
Intense bouquet of buckwheat honey, VA, candied peach. Medium body, nice grapefruit bitterness and completeness. Round, delicious and balanced. The aftertaste is very long. It's more interesting on the palate.
The 2017 "not" is completely different compared to the 2012 "special vintage" release. There is no wow effect (no negative connotation though).
Wine #4 on Notorious Friuli by Vova and Mykola event.
Paraschos
At a glance
- Evangelos Paraschos is a winemaker from Italian/Slovene border with Greek origin. Together with his kids he runs the winery. The brothers are true polyglots: they speak Greek with their father, Italian between themselves, Slovene with their workers, and English with most of their clients.
- He fell in love with wines of his neighbours and that inspired him to start making wines.
- 7 hectares of vineyards growing on unique soil called "Ponca", based on marlstone rich in minerals of Eocene origin.
Evangelos Paraschos was running a family restaurant. This is where he tasted and fell in love with the wines of his neighbours - Gravner and Radikon. This inspired him to start a winery in the 1990s.
Today, the winery is run by brothers Alexis and Jannis Paraschos and their father Evangelos. With Greek origin and the Italian/Slovene border situation, the brothers speak Greek with their father, Italian between themselves, Slovene with their workers, and English with most of their clients.
The 7 hectares owned by Paraschos are divided among 10 terraced vineyards in Slatnik, between San Floriano and Oslavia, on a typical and unique soil called "Ponca", based on marlstone rich in minerals of Eocene origin. The family cultivates Ribolla Gialla, Friulano, Malvasia Istriana, Pinot Grigio, Merlot and Pinot Noir.