Friulano

Golden yellow, the Tocai fills the glass, ripe fruit, citrus fruits, almonds and flowers envelop the nose, beautifully balanced in the mouth, harmonious and long lasting. A great, full-bodied, dry white wine. SUPERIORE.DE

Beautifully fresh Friulano with aromas of white peach and green apple slices, fine fruit on the palate, slightly mineral and with lively acidity. SUPERIORE.DE

Mario Schiopetto was born in 1930, he grew up in the family-owned Osteria ai Pompieri and had his first professional experiences as a fireman and later as a truck driver. In 1963, guided only by his taste and love of wine, he began to devote himself to wine production in his parents' farm and produced the first pure Tocai in 1965. The historic label at the time included the drawing of his fire engine, which he also used to deliver the wine to customers. With the current 2019 vintage, the winery is reflecting on these historical roots and is reintroducing the cute drawing on some of its wine labels.

Light straw yellow with golden reflections. Freshly scented with passion fruit and meadow flowers. Fresh and elegant on the palate, juicy with a fine note of green almonds and yellow fruits, well-integrated acidity, medium-long finish. SUPERIORE.DE

Fiore di Campo, based on Friulano, is no more and no less than the self-proclaimed "family wine" of the Lis Neris house, and that is entirely justified: pretty straw yellow with green-gold reflections. Enticing mineral and citrus nose with notes of peach, jasmine, almonds and liquorice. Firm, fresh and crisp on the palate of apricot and green apple, plus a lovely creamy texture. Its full body and gentle complexity marry in a final with considerable freshness and high drinkability. Perfect entry into the world of Lis Neris' terrific white wines. SUPERIORE.DE

Broad aroma of exotic fruits, almond, nut, spicy notes of mint and light aromas of peach, sage, jasmine and white pepper. On the palate balanced, elegant, with good acidity and harmonious complexity, typical bitter almond tone in the finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2020 Friulano is wildly fresh yet tropical, with nuances of sour melon, young mango and white smoke forming its attractive bouquet. This impresses further, with lively acidity balancing its silky textures and ripe orchard fruits, with a savory herbal tinge adding unexpected depths. The 2020 is perfumed and fresh through the finale, leaving the mouth watering, but also a gentle tug of residual tension. Very nice." Vinous

Highly interesting white with rich aromas of white flowers and bright fruits. Full-bodied taste, generous, wide, with impressive depth and richness. SUPERIORE.DE

Mineral and lush Friulano with a wonderful scent of grapefruit, white pepper, figs and bananas. On the palate, more appetising flavours of tropical fruits, apricots and hazelnuts. Very long and, as every year, great! SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2020 Friulano is delicate and understated in the glass, as peach skins and young mango give way to wet slate. It’s deeply textural, almost oily in feel, yet with bright acidity and cooling minerality to balance, as pretty inner florals arch across the palate. Its mineral-tinged orchard fruits come through in the finish and last incredibly long, while tapering off with a salty flourish. The 2020 is a nicely refined Friulano that could use a short stay in the cellar to develop more of its aromatics." Vinous

"Dried peaches and honeysuckle with some smokiness in the nose. Medium-bodied with fresh acidity and a creamy texture. Flavorful and satisfying." James Suckling

With their well-proportioned acidity, structure and complexity, Antonio Bragato's white wines are made for a long life. Graceful Friulano, with the centrality and self-assurance of the great 2010 vintage. Smells typical of the variety of ripe pear, apple and flowers, a hint of fresh mint increases the complexity. Flowing on the palate, full-fruited maturity, lots of freshness, elegant and highly individualistic. The wine has been perfectly stored at a constant 14°C for the last 10 years. Be sure to aerate it a little and taste it at above 12°. SUPERIORE.DE

Friulano Dolée is another impressive flagship of Vie di Romans. Bright straw yellow colour. Clean, fresh aromas of honey, citrus and pear, complemented by ripe banana. On the palate, its soft texture provides an ideal sounding board for the beautifully layered fruit basket of peach, melon, quince and fresh pear. A ripe, finessed wine that finishes long and with excellent acid-fruit balance. SUPERIORE.DE

"This is really intense and exotic with lots of dried-pineapple and peach character. Spicy, too. It's full-bodied and layered with some phenolics, but the dry and exotic star fruit and peach is so intense at the finish." James Suckling

Friulano Dolée is another impressive flagship of Vie di Romans. Bright straw yellow colour. Clean, fresh aromas of honey, citrus and pear, complemented by ripe banana. On the palate, its soft texture provides an ideal sounding board for the beautifully layered fruit basket of peach, melon, quince and fresh pear. A ripe, finessed wine that finishes long and with excellent acid-fruit balance. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2020 Friulano Dolée opens with crushed stone, pungent florality, moist underbrush and hints of kiwi skins. It's soft and enveloping with ripe peach and tropical leanings, as zesty acids add a pinch of spicy tension. This tapers off with sapid fruits and long, as a pleasant inner sweetness gives way to hints of almond paste. A sexy vintage of Dolée." Vinous

Enchanting Friulano with beautiful roasted aromas and a pleasant scent of biscuit, orange and honey. On the palate powerful, opulent, with ripe tropical fruit and very good acidity structure, which gives the wine a vibrant finesse despite all its complexity. SUPERIORE.DE

San Zuan is an attractive, well-proportioned white made from 100% Friulano grapes. Complex bouquet of white peaches and pears, flowers and a subtle earthiness. Full and round on the palate, yet elegant, with some minerality, great length and nice aging potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"A bouquet showing young mango, nectarine and dusty yellow florals creates an elegant introduction to the 2019 Friulano San Zuan. This gains in richness and savory depths with time in the glass. It’s silky, weighty yet poised, with sour citrus opening the experience, giving way to white orchard fruits, as masses of stony minerality collect toward the close. That said, there’s a sensation of opulence here, even as the San Zuan tapers off with mouthwatering salty tension. The 2019 could use another year to fully come together; but once it does, it should be absolutely irresistible. The San Zuan is produced from three separate parcels of old vines (sixty years and older) within the estate vineyards." Vinous

San Zuan is an attractive, well-proportioned white made from 100% Friulano grapes. Complex bouquet of white peaches and pears, flowers and a subtle earthiness. Full and round on the palate, yet elegant, with some minerality, great length and nice ageing potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2020 Friulano San Zuan is spicy, with crushed stone giving way to yellow flowers and hints of ginger and flint. This is a pure and lifted expression, still showcasing potent ripe fruits, yet finessed with sweetly spiced peach and minty herbs. It tapers off with persistence, leaving the palate peppered with salty minerals, as hints of candied lemon fade. The San Zuan is a stunningly well-balanced Friulano." Vinous

Livio Felluga's new crus come from massal selection. For this purpose, selected vines are reproduced in particularly advantageous locations in order to renew vineyards with especially high-quality vines and to further improve the quality of individual varietal wines.

Livio Felluga often stood in the evening twilight, his gaze fixed on the sky, with a cigar, watching the weather. The Friulano vines from which this cru comes were planted as early as 1963, producing medium-sized, loose-grained grapes. Yeast ageing and maturation in terracotta tanks give Sigar its depth and pronounced spiciness and minerality. Golden yellow with greenish nuances. In the complex bouquet fine saffron spice, candied lemon peel, dried apricots and lemon peel. The drink is grippy, compact and fresh with a seductive spiciness and salty note, then balsamic notes in the long finish. SUPERIORE.DE

Così Sia is a Friulano with small admixtures of Malvasia and Ribolla, which convinces with its clear directness. Lusciously scented with tropical fruits and crisp and fresh on the palate. SUPERIORE.DE

The site near Buttrio, where the grapes of the autochthonous grape variety Friulano (formerly Tocai) come from, belongs, together with Rosazzo, to the Grand Crus of the Friuli Colli Orientali appellation. Here, there are not only no regulations, but also a lean, loose marl soil, which provides for extremely small yields every year. In good vintages, however, one is rewarded all the more for it: The volume and fruit concentration, the lower acidity and the unmistakable saltiness of the wines will lead to pleasurable heights after a few years of bottle ripening, that it will make the lover of complex, energetic whites dizzy. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2019 Friulano Buri Bellaria isn’t quite ready to reveal all of its charms, opening with an alluring yet understated bouquet of ripe pears, apples, hints of mulling spice and dusty florals. It’s an opulent and soothing expression, coasting across a medium-bodied frame with ripe orchard fruits and a hint of custard that comes forward toward the close. There’s a density here that masks a more structured expression beneath, with residual acids which maintain an energetic feel. You can certainly enjoy the 2019 now, but the best is yet to come. Give the 2019 a year or two of cellaring, and watch it shine. The Buri Bellaria hails a vineyard which is managed by the Palazzolo family in Buttrio, and it shows a fruitier and more exotic expression than the estate bottling." Vinous

The site near Buttrio, where the grapes of the autochthonous grape variety Friulano (formerly Tocai) originate, belongs, together with Rosazzo, to the Grand Crus of the Friuli Colli Orientali appellation. Here, there are not only no regulations, but also a lean, loose marl soil, which ensures extremely small yields every year. In good vintages, however, one is rewarded all the more for this: the volume and fruit concentration, the lower acidity and the unmistakable saltiness of the wines will lead to pleasurable heights after a few years of bottle ageing that will make lovers of complex, energetic whites giddy. SUPERIORE.DE

"So pretty and perfumed, the 2020 Friulano Buri Bellaria wafts up like a basket of freshly picked flowers with hints of pear and chamomile. It’s fleshy and enveloping, with a lovely lift of acidity enlivening the ripe peaches and melon that seduce the senses. This leaves the mouth watering while finishing remarkably fresh and spicy, with hints of ginger that slowly taper off." Vinous

Antonio Bragato, born in Germany but with an absolute Friulian identity, joined forces 20 years ago with Gianni Maccari, who was cellar master at Livio Felluga for many years and founded his own winery Ronco della Rocca at the beginning of the millennium. Maccari, who has a degree in agronomy and oenology, is considered one of the best-trained viticultural experts in Friuli. The profound knowledge of his own 12 hectares of vineyards as well as the leased plots and the radical precision in the execution of every operation characterise the clear style and the reliable quality of the wines that Antonio Bragato creates there together with him.

From the 2019 vintage, Antonio Bragato's wine experiment enters a new era. Since then, the team has relied on an even more rigorous selection of the oldest vines from the coolest and best sites. The results of the "New Edition" can truly be seen and tasted. They are even more radical in complexity and finesse. We are pleased to be able to offer our customers the smallest editions of these wines, which confirm the many years of work and experience of the two quality fanatics!

Prephylloxera (literally : before-the-vine) comes from Friulano vines over 110 years old. Nutty floral nose with notes of peach, rose petals, lime blossom, hawthorn, a hint of marzipan. Very dense with full soft body, elegant drinking flow. Great aromatic correspondence and length with fine acidity and light tannin on the finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"Aromas of green pears, kiwi fruit, limes, honeydew melon and asparagus. Medium-bodied with a fruity, creamy palate." James Suckling

As always, Paolo Meroi has vinified a great Friulano with classic proportions, of which one can only get hold of a bottle with difficulty due to a total production of just 1,000 bottles. As always from a microsite, this white convinces with its perfectly knit balance of fine peach notes, pear, green melon and a little honey, its vibrant acid wire and a remarkable freshness and length. SUPERIORE.DE

"Bright, light straw yellow. Opens with fine wood notes, some light caramel, then of fresh yellow apple, rich herbal spice in the background. Lush and rich on the palate, very good concentration, fine ripe fruit, but still noticeable wood overhang on the back end, needs further ripening." Falstaff

"M" is for Mario Schiopetto. This is the wine that the children have dedicated to their father for years and it is the undisputed white flagship of the winery. This exceptional Friulano with a shot of Riesling seduces with elegant aromas of white flowers and spirited fruit. Ingeniously balanced, fresh and of considerable length and great ageing potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"Vivid straw-yellow with green tinges. Lime, yellow apple, nectarine and thyme on the captivating nose. Then pure, juicy and dense, with laser-like but harmonious acidity lifting and extending flavors of orchard fruit, lime and flinty minerals on the long back end. This is still very young." Vinous

"This is extremely smoky on the nose with flint and gunpowder. Dried apple, lemon and pear character. Full body, dense and powerful. Yet always lively and dancing in the palate. Crazy finish. One of Italy's top whites. Made from vines planted in 1954." James Suckling

"M" stands for Mario Schiopetto. This is the wine that the children have dedicated to their father for years and it is the undisputed white flagship of the winery. This exceptional Friulano with a dash of Riesling seduces with elegant aromas of white flowers, a little smoke and spirited fruit. Ingeniously balanced, fresh and of considerable length and great ageing potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"Lots of peach-pit, stone, sliced-apple, acacia and citrus aromas follow through to a full body with lovely polish and intensity. Lots of flint and stone. Very intense and steely. Gun metal. Dry finish. Delicious now, but will age very well in the future. Be patient." James Suckling

"M" stands for Mario Schiopetto. This is the wine that the children have dedicated to their father for years and it is the undisputed white flagship of the winery. This exceptional Friulano with a dash of Riesling seduces with elegant aromas of white flowers, a little smoke and spirited fruit. Ingeniously balanced, fresh and of considerable length and great ageing potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"Such clear mineral character here with peach-pit and dried-apple character. Very complex and subtle. It’s full-bodied with a tight, refined palate feel and length. It’s flinty and steely at the end with crushed stones." James Suckling

"M" is for Mario Schiopetto. This is the wine that the children have dedicated to their father for years and it is the undisputed white flagship of the winery. This exceptional Friulano with a shot of Riesling seduces with elegant aromas of white flowers and spirited fruit. Ingeniously balanced, fresh and of considerable length and great ageing potential. SUPERIORE.DE

"Vivid straw-yellow with green tinges. Lime, yellow apple, nectarine and thyme on the captivating nose. Then pure, juicy and dense, with laser-like but harmonious acidity lifting and extending flavors of orchard fruit, lime and flinty minerals on the long back end. This is still very young." Vinous

"This is extremely smoky on the nose with flint and gunpowder. Dried apple, lemon and pear character. Full body, dense and powerful. Yet always lively and dancing in the palate. Crazy finish. One of Italy's top whites. Made from vines planted in 1954." James Suckling