Collio and Artisinal Wines with Nikolas Juretic

This time, Aleks Zecevic interviews Nikolas Juretic of his namesake estate in Collio, in Northeast Italy. He started his winery project in a small winery in the old town of Cormons in 2018. He produces the wine in a very artisanal and traditional way. The vineyards, family owned, are cultivated with the help of his parents Robert and Elena. The parcels and located in Cormons in the “crus” of Montona, Pradis and Bosc di Sot. On about 2 hectares they mainly cultivate white indigenous varieties (Tocai Friulano, Malvasia Istriana and Ribolla Gialla). The vineyards are all older than 50 years.

Nikolas is one of the rising stars of the region and many people compare them to Stanko Radikon. He is also a long-term employee of Simonid and Sirch, a company that specializes in vine pruning. Nikolas talks  about pruning, but also about Collio and indigenous varieties of the region, as well as his story and philosophy of winemaking.