# Jakot (2019)

- **Producer:** Franco Terpin
- **Colour:** orange
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Friulano
- **Region:** Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 13.0%
- **Average price:** €36
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 12–14 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** apricot, orange, herbaceous, ginger, resinous, dried apricot, honey, dried fig

## About this wine

Franco Terpin established his estate in San Floriano del Collio in 1994, managing around 10 to 12 hectares straddling the border between Italy and Slovenia. The cuvee name Jakot is Tokaj spelled backwards, created as a rebellious response to European Union regulations that prohibited Italian producers from using the name Tocai Friulano. Working old vines rooted in the region famous ponca soils, Franco produces pure skin-contact orange wines that reflect the rugged Collio landscape.

## Interesting facts

- The name Jakot is Tokaj spelled backwards, created to circumvent EU restrictions on using Tocai Friulano.
- The vineyards feature ponca soil, a distinct regional flysch composed of friable clay-limestone marl and sandstone.
- Annual production of this skin-contact cuvee is extremely limited to approximately 2,000 bottles.

## Food pairing

Skin-contact orange wines combine the acidity of white wines with the structural tannins and aromatic complexity of light reds. This balance enables Jakot to complement rich roasted meats, savory mushrooms, aged cheeses, and fragrant oriental spices.

## Wine making process

Grapes from vines over 60 years old are hand-harvested under organic and biodynamic principles. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in open oak barrels. The juice remains in contact with grape skins for 8 to 14 days with three daily punchdowns. The wine matures for 18 months in large Slavonian oak botti, followed by one year of bottle aging before release. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur.