Movia Rebula Ribolla 2020
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Movia Rebula Ribolla shows an extractive, golden yellow color with an amber hue and a dense texture. The bouquet evokes ripe red apple, apricot, yellow fig, yellow plum, orange peel, papaya, star fruit and yellow rose. A note of herbs reveals rosemary, anise, finishing with notes of almonds, hazelnuts and toffee. The palate feels soft, and the alcohol nicely underlays its structure. Its freshness is crisp and well balanced by the softness of the wine. The mouthfeel is balanced. A Rebula with an intense taste, fuller body and lasting, elegant persistency.
It will go well with pasta and risottos with a touch of seafood or white meats.
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Deep gold hue with a light copper edge. Attractive aromatics of loquat and apricots, with some stones and saffron as well. Very full-bodied and textured on the palate with a bone-dry and nicely tannic center palate that gives it plenty of structure. Firm, dry and appetizing. From organically grown grapes.
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The exact origins of Ribolla Gialla remain unclear, though it most likely came to Friuli before the 1200s by way of Slovenia, where it goes by the moniker, Rebula. Blanketing vineyard hillsides along the Italian-Slovenian border, unconcerned about which side it is on, this pink-skinned variety creates a range of styles from the crisp, dry, still or sparkling whites to the charmingly ephemeral, skin-contact orange wines. Somm Secret—If you’re into orange wines, go visit Collio’s Oslavia and Slovenia’s Goriska Brda regions. They are so close you’ll hardly know you’ve gone from one to the other.
A picturesque, eastern European wine growing nation, Slovenia can claim one of the most ancient winemaking cultures in all of Europe. Its history dates back to the Celts and Illyrians tribes, well before the Romans had any influence on France, Spain or Germany. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that Slovenia developed a more refined, private-sector wine industry.
Today it is a powerful source of some of the industry’s most important orange wines (whites made with extended skin contact); furthermore, fully three quarters of the country’s wine production is white.
Slovenian weather is continental with hot summers and cold, wet winters. It is divided into three wine regions: Podravje in Slovenia’s northeast; Primorska in its west, close to Italy; and Posavje in its southeast. These are further divided to nine wine districts.