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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"The 2009 Vinnae Servus Cella (mostly Ribolla Gialla) shows lovely detail and nuance in its well delineated layers of white peach, mint, smoke, minerals and earthiness. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2013.

These new releases from Silvio Jermann include a number of fabulous bottles. In particular, I was impressed with the top 2008s, a vintage where the cool minerality of the year prevails over the house’s typically lush style, an approach I tend to find less interesting. Jermann has a new red on the horizon, the Pignolo Vigna Truss, from recently purchased hillside vineyards in Dolegna, the home of his massive, new cellar. Previously, Jermann’s Pignolo had mostly come from the flats of Villanova, a far less prestigious village in Isonzo, rather than the Collio. I tasted all of the 2009 entry-level whites from screwcaps. Readers should be aware that Jermann is owned by my wife’s uncle. I have always viewed education as an important component of wine criticism. An article on Friuli without these wines would have been incomplete and ultimately the consumer would have been poorer for their exclusion. For those reasons I have chosen to include the wines in this report. Neither my wife nor I have any financial or other interest, direct or indirect, in this property." - Antonio Galloni (Feb 2011)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate ('08 Vintage):
"The 2008 Vinnae is a blend of Ribolla Gialla, Friulano and Riesling meant to represent the elements of Slovenian, Friulian and Austrian traditions that inform Friuli’s rich cultural fabric. This is a layered, expressive wine laced with generous, perfumed fruit. The wine offers excellent persistence and a refined finish. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2011. " - Antonio Galloni (Oct 2009)