“Sosso” Rosso Riserva Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC 2019

Livio Felluga | Friuli
Livio Felluga S.r.l. | Via Risorgimento 1 | IT 34071 Brazzano - Cormons

02052419 · 0,75 l · 92,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Livio Felluga has three wines that bear witness to the estate – wines that are not only among the best in his portfolio, but also part of Friuli’s history: Terre Alte, Picolit and the Sossò. The word comes from the Friulian language and refers to the slow, deliberate sipping – the opposite of drinking. A hint as to how this wine is intended to be enjoyed. Sossò brings together three characters from old vines in Rosazzo: Merlot provides the fullness and the smooth integration. Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso – — named after its red stalk, documented in writing in Friuli as early as 1390, then the favourite drink of Livia, wife of Augustus – brings darkness, tannin and the wild side of this landscape. And Pignolo, the ‘pine cone’ – one of Italy’s rarest grape varieties, saved from extinction in the 1970s, with compact, pine-cone-shaped grapes and a naturally high tannin content – lends a complexity and longevity that no other vine in this region can match. Matured in small French oak barrels. Then bottle ageing in climate-controlled rooms.

2019 was an exceptional vintage in Friuli: a cool summer with marked temperature fluctuations, precise ripening, and harvesting from the second half of September into the first few days of October. Deep, brilliant ruby red. The bouquet is complex and full of potential – ripe dark fruit, undergrowth, spices, a hint of tobacco and leather, becoming increasingly balsamic with time. On the palate, it has great structure and elegant, ripe, fruit-sweet tannins – full-bodied, long, with a finish that knows no haste. The red emblem of Rosazzo. SUPERIORE.DE