Vodopivec

Paolo Vodopivec believes that ego is the greatest threat to good winemaking. "The first problem for wine producers is not oidium, it's ego," he has said. That philosophy shapes everything at his estate on the Carso plateau north of Trieste, where he devotes every hectare and every vintage to a single grape: Vitovska.

The Vodopivec family has farmed the rocky Carso terrain for generations. In 1997, Paolo and his brother Valter began full-scale wine production and bottling as a serious endeavor. Paolo trained under neighboring legend Josko Gravner before developing his own approach, eventually transitioning from oak barrels to Georgian qvevri for fermentation and aging. He made the switch after a visit to Georgia, where he became convinced that amphora was the truest vessel for his wines. Today, he produces one to two labels depending on the vintage, maintaining the smallest possible footprint with the greatest possible attention.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Vodopivec producer profile.

Vodopivec Vitovska 2010

Vodopivec

$80.00

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