Features
Name:
Vitovska Kante Karst DOC 2020
Terrain:
Red soil and limestone rock characterised by strong drainage
Cellar
Edi Kante , master of an art that with continuous experimentation and innovation creates products distinguished by a freshness and elegance found only in the authenticity and purity of nature. Part craftsman and part inventor, in 1980 he fell in love with the Karst, a small strip of land that stretches from the slopes of the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea, and realising its great wine-growing potential decided to found his own winery in Duino Aurisina, in the province of Trieste, creating a cellar on several levels and dug into the natural rock, thus having the perfect temperature and the right humidity to preserve his bottles in the most correct way. The winery today covers about 17 hectares under vine, characterised by a rocky-calcareous soil, rough and difficult to tame, where acidity and minerality become typical characteristics of the wines, and where each vine struggles to survive, making its way through the stony surface. A Mediterranean climate, mild and sunny, but with fresh continental influences, thanks to the Bora that often blows violently from the north-east. An environment in which it is not easy for vines to survive, but which naturally produces a few grapes of exceptional quality. Edi Kante's path in the world of wine has gone through various stages: from experiments with maceration on the skins, to the use of barriques, and then to classic white vinification, aimed at obtaining wines that are floral, fruity and endowed with remarkable flavour and freshness, stylistic features of the area. The estate's vineyards cultivate both native and international varieties, such as vitovska, malvasia, teran and pinot noir.
Description
'Hidden, elegant, unmistakable', our old-timers used to place rows of Vitovska in the front row to the north-east because with their resistance they were the protectors of all other varieties against the Bora. This is how Edi Kante defines Vitovska, a grape originating in Slovenia and widespread throughout the Karst region. A Friulian white that expresses itself with distinct freshness and tanginess on the palate. A label with which the Friulian Kante winery has imposed itself, with excellent scores, in the main Italian wine guides.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Typical pale straw yellow. Fresh spring notes, delicate floral hints, fruity texture in which green apple stands out, followed by wild herbs, basil and rosemary, ginger. On the palate a perfect synthesis of minerality and savouriness reminiscent of the sea and Karst, good structure and medium softness.
Storage time:
2-5 years
Vinification
The grapes, carefully selected during the harvest phase to ensure only the best of the terroir of origin, once they arrive at Kante's winemaking facilities, vinify in white, then age for a year in barriques and 6 months in steel containers. At the end of these 18 months in total, the wine is bottled without any filtration.
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