Friulano

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Attems in the Collio DOC. Frescobaldi-owned cellar's everyday white in stainless steel.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Late-harvest dry Friulano with brief drying on the vine before harvest. Honey, almond cream and candied citrus over a long saline finish, the most concentrated dry Friulano statement Bastianich makes.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Borgo Conventi at Farra d'Isonzo in the Collio DOC. The cellar is part of the Folonari portfolio.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Field-blend white from organic-biodynamic Borgo San Daniele. Arbis Blanc co-ferments Friulano, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco and Sauvignon as a single Isonzo terroir statement.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from organic-biodynamic Borgo San Daniele at Cormons. The Mauri siblings' Friulano is built on extended lees ageing rather than oak.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Nicola Manferrari's classical Collio Friulano, with longer lees ageing than the everyday norm. Yellow apple and bitter almond over a saline almond-skin finish with cellar potential.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Nicola Manferrari's flagship Collio Bianco, three-variety field blend with extended lees ageing. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a wax-and-honey palate with the structural depth of grower Champagne.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Castello di Spessa in the Collio DOC. The castle cellar's everyday Collio white.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

The estate's Friulian field-blend orange wine of Chardonnay, Malvasia Istriana and Friulano. Yellow apple and almond aromatics over a tea-tannin saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Dry Friulano from Dario Coos at Nimis. The cellar's everyday white, made in stainless steel to keep the signature almond-skin finish front and centre.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Doro Princic's textbook traditional Collio Friulano. Yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline almond-skin finish, often cited as the most reference of reference Friulanos.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Edi Keber's monovarietal-rejecting flagship: a single Collio Bianco blend of Friulano, Ribolla Gialla and Malvasia Istriana as the only wine the estate releases (since 2010). Yellow apple and white pepper aromatics over a saline finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

The Riserva tier of Edi Keber's sole Collio Bianco, with three years on lees in Slavonian oak. Yellow apple, almond cream and wax over a long saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Foffani at Clauiano in the Friuli Aquileia DOC. The cellar's everyday white in the village-of-Clauiano historic centre.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Franco Toros's Collio Friulano from the Novali holdings above Cormons. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a long saline finish, cellar-worthy in the textbook traditional style.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

I Clivi's Collio Friulano from the Brazzano holdings, the estate's DOC Collio sibling to the DOC Friuli Colli Orientali Galea. Old vines and extended lees ageing.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Mario and Ferdinando Zanusso's Friulano from old vines at Galea (Corno di Rosazzo). Extended lees ageing in stainless steel with low alcohol; the estate's identity statement for low-intervention Friulian whites.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from small Collio cellar Kupelwieser at Capriva del Friuli.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Indigenous Friulano with short skin maceration, sold within DOC Collio. Yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline almond-skin finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

La Tunella's flagship dry white blend of Friulano and Ribolla Gialla with extended Slavonian oak ageing. Yellow apple, almond cream and a long saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

La Tunella's classical Colli Orientali Friulano, yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline almond-skin finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

The estate's prestige Friulano named after founder Tullio Zamò, with extended lees ageing in large oak. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a long saline finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Single-vineyard Friulano from the family's Vigne Cinquant'Anni (50-year-old vines) at Corno di Rosazzo. Yellow apple, almond cream and honey over a saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Livio Felluga's classical Colli Orientali Friulano, yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline finish. The estate's volume Friulano with the broader Friulian sourcing of the Colli Orientali side.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

The Livio Felluga flagship Friulian white from the Rosazzo amphitheatre, a three-variety blend (Friulano, Pinot Bianco, Sauvignon) with partial barrique ageing. First vintage 1981; Italy's reference age-worthy white wine and the flagship of the broader Friulian white-wine movement.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

The classical Collio Friulano from the Marco Felluga estate. Yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline almond-skin finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

The estate's Collio Bianco field blend (Friulano + Pinot Bianco + Ribolla Gialla) with partial oak ageing. Yellow apple and almond aromatics over a saline finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Friulano from the Buri plot at Buttrio. Enzo Pontoni's cult Miani is the Colli Orientali's most sought-after producer with tiny yields and decade-plus waiting lists.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Friulano from the Filip plot at Buttrio. The cellar's second top Friulano alongside Buri, with the same hand-farmed Pontoni approach.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Puiatti. The cellar's everyday Friulano in stainless steel, in the unoaked house style Vittorio Puiatti made famous.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

Extended-maceration Friulano, deliberately named Jakot (Tokaj spelled backwards) as a protest against the 2008 EU ruling forcing Friulano off the Tokai label. Dried almond and orange zest aromatics with a tea-tannin finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

The entry-tier S Line orange blend (Chardonnay + Friulano) with shorter skin contact than the flagship Ribolla. Yellow apple and white peach over a saline finish with light tannin grip.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Three-variety Colli Orientali field blend from the Rocca Bernarda holdings. Yellow apple, almond blossom and honeysuckle over a saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Dry Friulano from family Ronchi di Manzano in the Colli Orientali. The cellar's everyday white in stainless steel, showing the variety's signature pear-and-almond profile.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

The Coser family's flagship Collio Bianco from the Monte holding above Cormons. Three-variety field blend with yellow apple and honeysuckle aromatics over a saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Classical Collio Friulano from Ronco dei Tassi, yellow apple and bitter almond over a saline almond-skin finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

Single-parcel Friulano from the Toc Bas vineyard at Cormons. Ronco del Gelso's flagship Friulano in stainless steel.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Serena Palazzolo's single-vineyard Friulano from the Sol cru. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish, the estate's flagship indigenous-variety statement.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

The estate's prestige Collio Bianco from the Col Disore cru. Multi-variety field blend with partial oak ageing, the Russiz Superiore flagship since 1997.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Russiz Superiore's classical Collio Friulano, vinified in stainless steel since 1967. Yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline finish, with longer bottle-ageing potential than the Marco Felluga sister bottling.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

The classical Collio Friulano vinified in stainless steel since the late 1960s. Yellow apple and bitter almond aromatics over a saline almond-skin finish, the textbook reference for modern Friulano.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Schiopetto's prestige Friulano named in tribute to founder Mario Schiopetto, whose late-1960s temperature-controlled white-wine work in Capriva del Friuli set the technical baseline for modern Italian dry whites.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

Friulano from Scolaris at San Lorenzo Isontino. The Scolaris family cellar bottles Collio and Friuli Isonzo wines alongside its Friulano.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Specogna's flagship Friulano, the estate's identity statement from the Rocca Bernarda parcels at Corno di Rosazzo.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Single-vineyard Friulano from the Ronco delle Cime cru in Dolegna del Collio. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish, the estate's serious Friulano statement.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Field-blend white from Vie di Romans of Malvasia Istriana, Friulano and Riesling. The cellar's signature aromatic blend, designed to highlight Isonzo terroir over single-variety expression.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Volpe Pasini's single-vineyard Zuc di Volpe Friulano from the south-facing slope at Togliano di Torreano. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Zorzettig's prestige MYO Friulano from the Spessa di Cividale holdings. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.