Meroi Davino

Nestri Bianco is a pure Chardonnay, which elegantly displays its typical aromas. Ripe and nuanced bouquet of yellow fruits and fresh yeast pastry. On the palate, Nestri reveals energy and concentration in a style that is deeply flavored while avoiding any sensation of heaviness. An all-round harmonious white from the small family business with cult status. SUPERIORE.DE

Bright yellow-green, in the bouquet nutty pear fruit, some herbs, orange zest and a pleasantly light wood spice. A lot of substance on the palate and complex in taste. A balanced and demanding food companion. SUPERIORE.DE

Attractive Ribolla Gialla in light golden yellow and with a charming scent of ripe fruit. On the palate it shows personality and character, complex, multi-layered, very fruity and long. SUPERIORE.DE

Enchanting Friulano with lovely toasted aromas and a pleasant scent of sponge cake, orange and honey. On the palate it is powerful, opulent, ripe tropical fruit and very good acidity structure, which gives the wine a certain light-footedness despite its complexity. SUPERIORE.DE

Fine nuanced Chardonnay from the barrique, very attractive bouquet with notes of caramel and fresh yellow apple. Very powerful on the palate, lingers for minutes. With fine herbal spice and discreetly nutty underlays in the finish. SUPERIORE.DE

Beautiful Verduzzo Friulano wrapped in shiny old gold and with an attractive scent from brittle to almonds, from apricot jam to caramel. The palate is also spoiled by fine sweet aromas and a taste that is balanced by a fresh acidity, integre and persistent. SUPERIORE.DE

An emotional Merlot; its bouquet reminds of black fruits, liquorice, coffee and dark chocolate; tasty and determined on the palate, full of exuberance and great length. SUPERIORE.DE

Shiny old gold, smells incredibly varied of apricots and caramel, brittle, honey and almonds. Fine sweet and sweet also the balanced by a fresh acidity, integre and persistent taste. SUPERIORE.DE

As always, Paolo Meroi has vinified a large Friulano with classic proportions, of which it is very difficult to get a bottle because of the small quantities involved. As always from micro-layer, this white wine convinces with a perfect balance of fine peach notes, a vibrating acid reader and a remarkable freshness and length. SUPERIORE.DE

"Here is another extremely successful interpretation of a single grape variety. The 2016 Friuli Colli Orientali Friulano Zitelle Pesarin plays its best cards in the mouth, where the wine delivers satiny richness that is firm and strong. The wine's true fiber is finely knit. That inner tension frames the grape's aromas of honey, pear and green melon. Like most of the other whites from Meroi, this wine is fermented in oak and later aged in barrique for ten months. Only 1,000 bottles exist." Robert Parker

Zitelle Duri is the very independent Malvasia of Meroi Davino. A great white with aromas of pineapple, apricot and fresh herbs. Full body, dense and powerful, with beautiful minerality and long. SUPERIORE.DE

"This is a special single-vineyard expression. The 2016 Friuli Colli Orientali Malvasia Zitelle Durì is mildly fragrant and softly generous. The wine is never too obvious, but it does deliver floral perfumes of yellow rose and star jasmine. You also get citrusy notes of preserved lemon or candied tangerine. This wine achieves impressive balance between aromatic intensity and texture. Oak barrels are used for both fermentation and aging. A mere 1,000 bottles were produced." Robert Parker

Dark ruby garnet, spicy blackberry bouquet with herbal and delicate roasted aromas, underlaid with a fine noble wood note. On the palate it is broad, deep and complex in texture, with present, well integrated tannins, well balanced and of excellent length. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2013 Friuli Colli Orientali Merlot Vigna Dominin presents a slightly shy and closed expression of this popular French grape. The cool climate of northeast Italy helps to develop color saturation and sharpness. Instead of generous cherry and opulent fruit, this wine veers toward plummy notes with black spice, tar and tobacco instead. One minor hesitation regards the alcohol: it is recorded at 15%, and you do feel it. This wine is fermented in conical oak tanks and sees four weeks of skin maceration. It is aged in barrique for two years before going into bottle for another ten months. Those long maceration times explain the slow-moving inner power you get here." Robert Parker

"Like the Refosco, the 2013 Merlot Vigna Dominin shows what appears to be a desire to maintain more freshness in the wines. Vibrant and medium in body, the 2013 is a model of understated finesse. Even so, there is no shortage of intensity, its just that the wine is better balanced than in the past, with more freshness and redder tonalities to the fruit, and less oak influence. I would wait to drink the 2013 for at least a few years in order to allow the wine to develop more aromatic complexity. This is a lovely showing." VINOUS