Nikolas Juretic 'Toc di Montone' 2021 Gifts

Nikolas Juretic 'Toc di Montone' 2021 GiftsThe first time we tasted this bottling from Nikolas Juretic a few years ago, it stopped us in our tracks, and we knew he would be an important new producer to watch from Friuli. Tending just two hectares in the village of Cormons of Friuli, hes in the heart of some of the best viticultural territory of this special wine region, where the Slavic world and the northern Italian world meet. Toc di Montone is Nikolas first single vineyard wine, from a

It's a stunner and will have you investigating the PR branding brain that gives us all oceans of pale

It's hazy in the glass

a particularly North American botanical component

A native of the Basque country in France

we pair it with a bacon egg and cheese

The unique soil of Imereti imbues the wines with freshness and minerality

lemon and in particular

such as brewing the perfect cup of coffee

a Gamay definitely on the lighter side of things and less rough-and-tumble than many of them you'll find farther south in the Beaujolais

This natural version by La Morella is refreshing

with the fruit going directly into clay amphorae for an open-top fermentation without sulfur

the vineyards