Today his daughter Christine runs the domaine and farms it organically
Where his Folatieres is broad and powerful
Crafted in honor of George Thienpont
giving the wine plenty of dark-fruited generosity
packed with crunchy dark and red fruit
Miani, Ribolla Pettarin, 2022 NV [2022] Today his daughter Christine runsRibolla Gialla is Friuli's proudest native white grape, and this is Miani's only bottling of it, from the Pettarin vineyard in Rosazzo, long considered a grand cru site for the variety. The vines are extraordinary, between 80 and 100 years old, rooted in classic ponca marl, and because Ribolla is naturally vigorous, Enzo Pontoni slashes yields hard to concentrate the fruit. It ferments on its lees for about a year with no stirring, building texture