“Sivi Pinot”, Venezia Giulia Bianco

Formerly known simply as the "Pinot Grigio Riserva," this wine was rechristened "Sivi Pinot" with the 2009 vintage. Gravner’s formidable Pinot Grigio shows the immense depth and complexity this variety is capable of when treated with respect. A selection of the best Pinot Grigio in a given harvest, this ferments naturally in buried Georgian amphorae with a long maceration, and after pressing and a further five months aging in those same vessels, the wine is moved to old oak casks for six years, then held in bottle a further five years before being released into the market. In its luscious power, its staggering breadth, and its palate-staining intensity, it plumbs the outer limits of Pinot Grigio’s expressive capabilities.