Franco Terpin “Quinto Quarto” Bianco Sivi 2023
Franco Terpin farms just a few hectares in San Floriano del Collio, right on the Slovenian border — an area that has become ground zero for Italy’s orange wine movement, with neighbours like Radikon and Gravner. Franco is cut from similar cloth: low-intervention farming, long skin maceration, ageing in big old barrels, and bottling without filtration or sulphur.
The “Quinto Quarto” is his more immediate, approachable line — made in the same spirit but released younger and at a more accessible price. This Pinot Grigio (“Sivi” in Slovenian) sees several days of skin contact, which gives it that coppery blush, hazy texture, and gentle grip. It’s less structured than his top wines but still unmistakably Terpin: rustic elegance, wild energy, and a taste of the hills where Italy and Slovenia meet.
Region:
Gorizia, Friuli
Grapes:
100% Pinot Grigio (Sivi)
Style:
Skin contact
Soil:
Ponca - alternating layers of variable thickness of marl (calcareous clays) and sandstone (calcified sands)
Farming:
Organic
Franco Terpin farms just a few hectares in San Floriano del Collio, right on the Slovenian border — an area that has become ground zero for Italy’s orange wine movement, with neighbours like Radikon and Gravner. Franco is cut from similar cloth: low-intervention farming, long skin maceration, ageing in big old barrels, and bottling without filtration or sulphur.
The “Quinto Quarto” is his more immediate, approachable line — made in the same spirit but released younger and at a more accessible price. This Pinot Grigio (“Sivi” in Slovenian) sees several days of skin contact, which gives it that coppery blush, hazy texture, and gentle grip. It’s less structured than his top wines but still unmistakably Terpin: rustic elegance, wild energy, and a taste of the hills where Italy and Slovenia meet.
Region:
Gorizia, Friuli
Grapes:
100% Pinot Grigio (Sivi)
Style:
Skin contact
Soil:
Ponca - alternating layers of variable thickness of marl (calcareous clays) and sandstone (calcified sands)
Farming:
Organic
Franco Terpin farms just a few hectares in San Floriano del Collio, right on the Slovenian border — an area that has become ground zero for Italy’s orange wine movement, with neighbours like Radikon and Gravner. Franco is cut from similar cloth: low-intervention farming, long skin maceration, ageing in big old barrels, and bottling without filtration or sulphur.
The “Quinto Quarto” is his more immediate, approachable line — made in the same spirit but released younger and at a more accessible price. This Pinot Grigio (“Sivi” in Slovenian) sees several days of skin contact, which gives it that coppery blush, hazy texture, and gentle grip. It’s less structured than his top wines but still unmistakably Terpin: rustic elegance, wild energy, and a taste of the hills where Italy and Slovenia meet.
Region:
Gorizia, Friuli
Grapes:
100% Pinot Grigio (Sivi)
Style:
Skin contact
Soil:
Ponca - alternating layers of variable thickness of marl (calcareous clays) and sandstone (calcified sands)
Farming:
Organic
