Zuc di Volpe Ipso Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC 2009

History

The heart of the complex, with its offices and the cellar is comprised of a heritage villa, dating from 1596 and a complex of buildings which surround the villa. Inside the property of 20,000 square metres is found the centuries old park and a small vineyard of Ribolla Gialla, which recalls the wine vocation of Volpe Pasini.

Dating from the seventeenth century there are documents which testify to the wine production on the property. The company since then has always expressed a purely agricultural vocation, and in the second half of the twentieth century it became exclusively wine producing. During the 70’s along with other “pioneering producers”, Volpe Pasini carried Fruilian winemaking into Italy and the world. Leaving behind the logic of wines in demijohns, they concentrated their energies into the research for excellence and into the close examination of new outlets in the international markets (above all USA and Germany).

Now days Volpe Pasini sells 50% of its wines outside Italy, through a solid commercial network more than thirty years old. Today Volpe Pasini is more vital and competitive than before, having found once again the solid base and the innovative willingness which has made it, during the past decades, one of the most important wineries of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Soil, subsoil and microclimate make every grape vine unique.

52 hectares of vineyards, of which half are for white grapes and half are for red grapes, on the hills of Togliano and Prepotto, in the best wine growing areas of the Colli Orientali of Friuli.
In the field, soil, subsoil, topography and microclimate render each vine unique.
In the cellar, old traditions and modern technologies elevate and transform special grapes into extraordinary wines. It is thus that in every bottle you will find a world of tastes, of land, of tradition and in the name of uniqueness within typicality.

Se specifikation

The grapes destined to produce IPSO come from a vineyard of over 40 years that never yields more than 2500 kilos of grapes per hectare. The vineyard is located next to a small river, which keeps the pebbly soil adequately moist even during very dry periods. This is a wine with a very brilliant straw yellow color, it has delicious aromas of mature tropical fruits, white flowers, and hazelnuts. In the mouth it expresses all the richness of the flavors typical of this variety.

Serving suggestions: It is able to withstand even the hardest combinations with mushrooms or white truffles, excellent with eggs, white meat and mature cheeses based dishes.

Serving temperature: Best served at 11-12 °C