Friulian Wines: Simon di Brazzan's Dedication to the Territory 08/07/2024 - "To Understand How Wine is Produced You Have to Look Under the Ground."
We were greeted with these words by Daniele Drius, who directs Simon di Brazzan at the winemaking level and personally tends the vineyard, and whose explanation convinced us by competence and touched us by sincere dedication.
We are talking about a philosophy that comes from a path of conversion to agriculture that is as natural as possible, resulting in excellent results by the glass, but which starts from a genuine feeling of attachment and care for one's territory.
Because when it comes to wine it always starts from there, from the land: "I realized that I was killing the soil," so says Daniele verbatim.
"After becoming aware of the need for change, I studied and got help from the best in the business like Josko (Gravner)."
A transformation that cost a lot, both in terms of effort and economically since the shift to farming as naturally as possible, for example through the use of practices such as green manure, meant sacrificing some production and significantly lower yields.
Today the winery is convinced and firmly believes in its work, in the same way we ourselves were won over by the genuineness of the project and the resulting wines.
Precise, clean flavors that leave room for the aromatic typicality of local grape varieties such as Friulano, Malvasia and Pinot Grigio without constructed exasperations, especially in the base line.
In the reserves named as "Tradizion," importance and prominence is also given to the area's historic winemaking method and part of the cultural baggage of Friulian enology, namely maceration.
In fact, the two grape varieties (Friulano and Pinot Grigio) express themselves with great results with the right amount of soaking on the skins, acquiring aromatic depth and oxidative notes that are perfectly integrated into the aromatic spectrum.
Personally, I was thrilled in particular by Simon Tradizion's Blanc: notes of dried fruit, honey and an uncommon persistence, without, however, trespassing on the withering sensation, so as to maintain a surprising drinkability.
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