Noir

Noir is the red Pinot Noir of Paraschos, the Greek-origin family that farms ponca (marl) vineyards between San Floriano del Collio and Oslavia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The Pinot Noir plot sits at the foot of Monte Sabotino on a seam of blue marl, planted by the family in 2005. It is bottled as Venezia Giulia IGT, the broad regional designation Paraschos uses rather than the Collio DOC. Vinification follows the estate's natural approach: spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts on the skins in oak vats, without forced cooling, then aging for about 24 months on the lees in 500-litre Slavonian and French oak casks. The wine is made without added sulfites and bottled unfiltered ('non filtrato'); the back label still carries the standard 'contains sulfites' allergen declaration, as natural fermentation leaves some sulfur dioxide behind. This 2018 bottling is labelled at 12.5% alcohol and was imported to Ukraine by Bodega Prime (Бодеґа Прайм).