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Domaine Damijan Podversic

Name: Domaine DAMIJAN PODVERSIC KAPLJA 2011
Brand: Vitis Epicuria
Price: 37.8 EUR
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Rating: 4.8 (113 reviews)

Originally from Friuli in Italy, Damijan Podversic vinifies his whites by maceration with the skins to achieve stunning complexity and aromatic freshness. With a total area of 10 hectares, the estate has its main vineyards on Mount Calvario, with 6 hectares planted with ribolla, malvasia and friulano. The viticulture is very careful and attentive, with a search for late harvests and grapes affected by botrytis, in order to obtain more richness of flavour. However, at the end of the maceration and ageing process, the wines are perfectly dry.

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Domaine DAMIJAN PODVERSIC KAPLJA 2011

Appellation : FRIOUL (FRIOUL)

Millésime : 2011

Color : Blanc sec

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Domaine DAMIJAN PODVERSIC KAPLJA 2017

Appellation : FRIOUL (FRIOUL)

Millésime : 2017

Color : Blanc sec

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Domaine Damijan Podversic is a leading benchmark for skin-contact wines in Italy, located in the Collio region near Gorizia, on the border between Italy and Slovenia. Across 10 hectares of organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards, Damijan and his daughter Tamara craft exceptional orange wines from indigenous varieties — Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia Istriana, Friulano — alongside Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay. Inspired by Josko Gravner, the estate employs extended skin maceration and patient aging in large oak barrels, producing wines of remarkable purity, depth, and aging potential.

L'histoire du domaine

The history of Domaine Damijan Podversic is rooted in family tradition: grandfather Gildo owned a few parcels and a tavern in Gorizia, which passed to his son Francesco, who made wine for the family eatery. Born in 1967 into this Slovenian-origin family, Damijan dreamed of becoming a winemaker from the age of twelve. After technical training at ERSA, he joined the family business, but when he proposed drastically reducing yields to craft great wines, his father disowned him, convinced his son would starve. This rupture left a deep mark: the two men did not speak for eight years. Without land or money, Damijan began in 1987 purchasing small abandoned plots on Monte Calvario, clearing land, rebuilding terraces, and replanting vines. In 1998, he bottled his first wines in a rented cellar twenty kilometres from his vineyards. In 2000, inspired by Josko Gravner — whom he considers his spiritual father — he turned to extended skin maceration and natural winemaking. A reconciliation occurred with his father before the latter's death, and Damijan now dedicates all his wines to him. In recent years, his daughter Tamara has been gradually taking over, ensuring the continuity of this singular journey.

Le terroir

The Domaine Damijan Podversic vineyard extends across 10 hectares spread among several parcels in the Collio Goriziano region, a border territory between Italy and Slovenia renowned since Roman times for its viticultural vocation. The estate's heart lies on the wooded slopes of Monte Calvario, at altitudes between 110 and 180 metres, with ideal south to south-west exposure. The area's emblematic soil is ponca, a friable rock composed of sandstone and marl of marine origin, poor in organic matter yet rich in mineral elements, which imparts the wines' characteristic mineral tension. The climate benefits from dual influences: the Julian Pre-Alps chain shelters the area from cold currents descending from the north-east, whilst the proximity of the Adriatic brings maritime breezes that moderate temperatures and keep the grapes dry and well-ventilated. Vineyard management follows certified organic principles and draws heavily on biodynamics: no chemicals, copper and sulphur treatments reduced to the minimum, respect for lunar cycles. Damijan harvests only when the seeds are perfectly ripe, not hesitating to lose part of his production rather than pick insufficiently mature grapes.

Les vins

The Domaine Damijan Podversic range comprises six principal cuvées, all classified as Venezia Giulia IGT or Collio DOC. White wines form the heart of production: Ribolla Gialla, considered by numerous critics as the most elegant and balanced expression of this variety across the entire region; Malvasia, crafted from Malvasia Istriana, an exotic wine of surprising delicacy; Nekaj ('something' in Slovene), made from Friulano, with characteristic mineral salinity; Pinot Grigio, vinified as ramato with maceration; and Kaplja ('the drop'), a tripartite blend of Chardonnay, Friulano and Malvasia Istriana from four different parcels. This is complemented by a limited-production red wine, Prelit, a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, which Damijan maintains primarily to show his children that the estate's future lies in white wines. All wines follow the same protocol: spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, 60 to 90 days of skin maceration in large oak barrels, followed by three years' aging in 20 or 30-hectolitre casks, then one year's rest in bottle before release. The Podversic style is immediately recognisable: golden wines never oxidised, with exceptionally fine tannins, mesmerising aromatic depth, expressive from youth yet endowed with considerable aging potential.

Le vigneron

Tamara Podversic now leads production at the estate, under her father Damijan's watchful eye. Trained in the family cellar where she worked extensively with her father, enriched by a year of winemaking in Burgundy and studies in engineering economics, she embodies with meticulousness and curiosity the new generation of Friulian winemakers. Like her father, she is driven by a profound attunement to nature and an unwavering commitment to balance: 'behind a great wine, there is great land, a great variety, and a ripe seed,' she says. Passionate about Malvasia Istriana — which she considers 'at home' whilst looking towards the Adriatic Sea that marks its history — she continues with the same rigour and sensitivity the work begun by Damijan, adjusting each year the maceration durations, stem inclusion, and proportion of botrytis according to vintage particularities. Alongside her, Damijan remains present, a figure of passion and conviction, a man who sacrificed everything for his dream of greatness and who today, after forty years of labour, sees his work recognised at the finest tables across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

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