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From generation to generation, through two world wars and various dominations, up to \u003cstrong\u003eNereo Bressan\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the founders of the Collio Consortium in the 1960s, the winemaker who kept the company going during the most difficult times — and then to his son \u003cstrong\u003eFulvio\u003c\/strong\u003e, the ninth generation, now at the helm with his wife \u003cstrong\u003eJelena\u003c\/strong\u003e and son \u003cstrong\u003eEmanuele\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFulvio is a figure who leaves no one indifferent. With a degree in psychology, followed by studies in Bordeaux and experiences in Burgundy, he then returned to Farra to do the only thing he wanted to do. The company left the Collio Consortium in 2000 — a divergence of ideas, he says, and one believes him. His wines do not claim appellations: they are released as IGT, because the rules of the consortiums do not interest him as much as the rules of the vineyard. He has demand four times his production and has no intention of growing beyond the current \u003cstrong\u003e20 hectares\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"more than that, I would fall into industry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe soil in Farra d'Isonzo is gravelly, iron-rich, well-drained — extraordinarily suited for red wines, unlike most of the white-wine-focused Collio. The vines are between \u003cstrong\u003e25 and 120 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e: the oldest \u003cstrong\u003eSchioppettino\u003c\/strong\u003e survived phylloxera because it was surrounded by forest. The grape varieties are indigenous and international: \u003cstrong\u003eFriulano, Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia, Verduzzo, Schioppettino, Pignolo, Pinot Noir, Moscato Rosa\u003c\/strong\u003e. In the vineyard, no synthetic chemicals, no herbicides, only manual labor, mass selection, no cloning. In the cellar: spontaneous fermentations with indigenous yeasts, prolonged macerations on the skins even for whites, long aging in local woods — cherry, chestnut, mulberry, acacia, Slavonian oak — and in bottle. The wines are neither clarified nor filtered. Labeling is done by hand, bottle by bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnnual production varies: in difficult years, it can be almost zero. Fulvio does not make wine when the grapes are not what they should be. In the cellar, an average of \u003cstrong\u003efive vintages\u003c\/strong\u003e are aged simultaneously, between barrels and bottles. The wines are released when they are ready, not when the market expects them. They are wines of strong character, sometimes austere, always recognizable — and \"whether they are liked or not, Fulvio Bressan doesn't care much.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carat-venezia-giulia-igt-2021-bressan","title":"Carat Venezia Giulia IGT 2021 Bressan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarat\u003c\/strong\u003e is the blend that the old farmers of \u003cstrong\u003eCollio\u003c\/strong\u003e used to plant out of necessity, and which \u003cstrong\u003eFulvio Bressan\u003c\/strong\u003e has transformed into a philosophy: eight rows of \u003cstrong\u003eFriulano\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of \u003cstrong\u003eRibolla Gialla\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of \u003cstrong\u003eMalvasia Istriana\u003c\/strong\u003e, a recipe handed down for generations in the sandy marl hills between Farra d'Isonzo and the Slovenian border. For Bressan, the ninth generation of master vintners since 1726, the grapes are hand-picked slightly overripe and left to ferment spontaneously on the skins for about four weeks, with nothing added, following the family credo: \u003cstrong\u003espontaneous fermentations, long aging in old wood, no filtration, no shortcuts\u003c\/strong\u003e. The wine then matures in oak barrels for about three years before being bottled. 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At \u003cstrong\u003eBressan\u003c\/strong\u003e, in Farra d'Isonzo, \u003cstrong\u003eFulvio Bressan\u003c\/strong\u003e has made it a flagship wine by vinifying it \u003cstrong\u003estrictly dry\u003c\/strong\u003e, contrary to the sweet version with which it is more commonly known. The grapes are harvested late to allow the tannins to ripen well, then spontaneously ferment with a long maceration on the skins of about four weeks. This is followed by over three years of aging on its lees in \u003cstrong\u003etwo-thousand-liter oak barrels\u003c\/strong\u003e with periodic bâtonnage, before transfer to stainless steel for natural decantation and bottling without filtration. The result is an amber-yellow, full-bodied, slightly tannic white wine, with the almond notes that remain the hallmark of great Friulian white wines. 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In Farra d'Isonzo, on the iron-rich gravels of the ancient Isonzo riverbed, Pinot Grigio reclaims the coppery color that is in its DNA and transforms into something entirely different: the grapes are harvested slightly overripe in mid-October, ferment spontaneously on their skins, and undergo \u003cstrong\u003elong skin maceration\u003c\/strong\u003e before spending \u003cstrong\u003eyears in old, untoasted cherry and wild pear barrels\u003c\/strong\u003e, indigenous woods from the Friuli region. Produced only in the best vintages, in limited quantities. The result is an unrecognizable Pinot Grigio: fleshy, profound, with the light tannins of great orange wines and a mineral depth that demands to be deciphered. 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The soils, consisting of a one-meter layer of pebbles from the ancient Isonzo riverbed over ferruginous clays, have surprisingly similar pedological characteristics to those of Burgundy, with the advantage of the Isonzo winds drying the compact Pinot Noir bunches and preventing diseases. The grapes are hand-picked from vines over forty years old, ferment spontaneously on the skins for about a month, and the wine then ages for \u003cstrong\u003eseveral years in large two-thousand-liter oak barrels\u003c\/strong\u003e, never barriques. The result is a Pinot Noir with a northern structure and Burgundian elegance, with the olfactory profile of great French Pinots: undergrowth, goudron, truffle, black pepper, and vegetal notes that make it recognizable even blind. 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