“Sol” Chardonnay Friuli Colli Orientali DOC 2024

Ronco del Gnemiz | Friuli
Az. Ronco del Gnemiz Soc. Agr. | Via Ronchi 5 | IT 33048 San Giovanni al Natisone

02100624 · 0,75 l · 65,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping5 units available

In 1981, a wine was bottled that would finally put Ronco del Gnemiz on the map. Not the biggest, not the most expensive – but the one that showed what was possible on this hill in Rosazzo. Sol Chardonnay was the beginning of a story that continues to this day. The vineyard from which it comes is a rarity: half a hectare, planted between the two world wars, when no one could have guessed that these vines would one day be among the oldest Chardonnay vines in the Colli Orientali. Today they are over 80 years old – and still produce grapes of astonishing vigour year after year. The soils are rich in organic matter, the eastern exposure catches the gentle morning light and protects the grapes from the afternoon heat. 20 hectolitres per hectare: less than half of what is considered low elsewhere. Christian Patat presses the grapes as whole clusters and ferments the must entirely in barriques – a third of them new, the rest already used. Bâtonnage? Rarely.

Sol Chardonnay needs no cosmetics. What distinguishes it from Ronco Basso: no malolactic fermentation. Where the Ronco Basso seeks creaminess, the Sol favours transparency. Where the latter shows power, the Sol responds with finesse. A Chardonnay that does not compete, but convinces. No muscle flexing, but pure silk. SUPERIORE.DE