ponka - 2012
Paraschos
- Region
- Italy 禄 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 禄 IGP Venezia Giulia
- Type
- white still, dry
- Producer
- Paraschos
- Vintage
- 2012
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Tocai Friulano, Ribolla Gialla, Picolit, Verduzzo, Pinot Blanc
- Alcohol
- 12
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
Ratings
Guache mixed with drying paint, pine nuts and apricot jam. Delicious and fruity mouthfeel with a bit of VA. Delicate and fresh. The aftertaste is persistent with a nice evolution. It's a lovely race between fruitiness and acidity. Pleasant flavours of spring flowers and apricot jam. Not very complex.
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.