Brda, the union between Marjan Simčič and Giovanni Bigot • Food and Wine Italia

Whichever method you pronounce it, Brda in Slovenian, Collio in Italian, Cuei in Friulian, den Ecken in German, it is a location defined by enjoyable hills that reach an optimum of 270 meters above water level, extending into the foothill location in between the Julian Prealps and the Adriatic Sea: a secured spot of surface area, which uses land placed on rotating substrates of flysch (much better called ponca, in Slovenian opoka), i.e. rotating layers of marl (limestone clay) and sandstone (calcified sand) with variable densities. Yes, a landscape that explains the outcome of the conference of individuals from the Balkan peninsula, from Central Europe, from the sea and which bears the indications of Venetian beauty to be related to the rigor of the Habsburgs and the Belle Époque. For that reason, the history of these locations has actually created the spirit of its residents, who have actually constantly dealt with wars and natural catastrophes, staying unified, specifying the qualities of an exceptionally strong regional identity. Moreover, biodiversity is plainly noticeable here, as the different fruit trees blend with the woods, meadows and vineyards.

Giovanni Bigot and Marjan Simčič, not remarkably, satisfied numerous years earlier in these locations, nearly like next-door neighbors, each bringing their own experience and understanding. Marjan, who has actually been producing white wines in his winery of the very same name for generations, brings with him thirty years of experience in the production of fantastic white wines and the consistent look for enhancement. Giovanni, on the other hand, developed the Bigot Index, with a clinical background that permits him to analyze and establish agronomic practices particular to each terroir. A stunning relationship and a strong connection was instantly born in between them, based upon a typical language and the enthusiasm for developing special nectars. Together they carried out a consumed work, with the desire to accomplish quality in each vineyard, inspired by the constant obstacles that nature and environment modification position every year.

Absolutely nothing to grumble about, in reality, considering that their analysis of each and every single Cru (Medana Breg, Medana Jama, Ronc Zegla, Trobno, Jordano) the outcome of years of experience and compulsive observation, demonstrates how essential operate in the vineyard is to produce living nectars that they move the organoleptic characters, which differ their scents, which alter, adjust, surprise and enchant. The major wine maker, as Marjan himself advises us, “has the goal of being both a promoter and guardian of the vineyard”, attempting to promote the balance and strength of the plant, considering that by working the vines in a healthy and appropriate way, by not requiring production and constantly ensuring the vigor of the soil, it will not require to powerfully intervene in the cellar.

Thanks for that reason to the 9 criteria of the Bigot index (production, foliage, ratio in between leaves and production, health of the grapes, kind of lot, water tension, vigour, biodiversity and bacteria, age of the vineyard) it is fascinating to keep in mind the possibility of clinically discussing the connection in between particular qualities of the vineyard, the outcome of particular agronomic practices, and the strange qualities of the red wine in the glass. To put it simply, through the tasting experience, Giovanni’s index ends up being an essential secret to understanding which intends to reconnect the vineyard organism to its land in the most genuine method possible, within its own area, and in a to totally reveal this amount of worths through the red wine which, in turn, ends up being the direct storyteller of a particular location, of its history, of the mindful work of the manufacturer and maybe of a bied far custom.