Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Top Collio Sauvignon from Attems. The cellar has been owned by the Marchesi de' Frescobaldi since 2000 and Cicinis is the flagship single-parcel Sauvignon.
Cuvées
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Joe Bastianich's flagship white blend (Chardonnay, Sauvignon, dry-vinified Picolit). The Picolit gives the unique wax-and-honey aromatic register. Vespa Bianco was the first wine Joe Bastianich and Lidia Bastianich released after acquiring the Cividale del Friuli estate.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Manferrari's barrique Chardonnay Selezione, the estate's oak-led answer to white Burgundy. Vanilla, almond cream and yellow stone fruit over a saline finish.
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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Manferrari's classical Collio Malvasia Istriana, the indigenous Adriatic-coast white grape vinified with extended lees ageing. Honeysuckle and white pepper aromatics over a saline finish.
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.
Bressan Carat
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bordeaux-blend Friulian red from Bressan. Cabernet Franc-led blend matured in large Slavonian oak botti in the traditional house style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Friulian Schioppettino from Bressan. The signature black-pepper bite of the variety is amplified by the cellar's long Slavonian-oak elevage.
Bressan Verduzzo
4.4
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from cult Bressan. The cellar's dessert bottling from air-dried grapes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-parcel Sauvignon from Castello di Spessa at Capriva del Friuli. The castle cellar's flagship Sauvignon from the Santarosa vineyard.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Picolit from Dario Coos in the Colli Orientali. Picolit is one of Italy's rarest grapes thanks to its floral abortion, which leaves clusters with very few berries.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from the Ramandolo amphitheatre at Nimis. Dario Coos is the village reference and Il Longhino is the cellar's flagship Ramandolo DOCG.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Princic's classical Collio Malvasia Istriana, the indigenous Adriatic-coast white grape vinified in stainless steel. Honeysuckle and white pepper aromatics over a saline finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Princic's textbook Collio Pinot Bianco, yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish. Often cited as the most cellar-worthy serious Italian Pinot Bianco alongside Schiopetto.
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 · 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 · Refreshing · Elegant
Franco Toros's Collio Pinot Bianco, often cited as one of Italy's most cellar-worthy serious Pinot Bianco bottlings.
I Clivi Brazan
4.6
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.
I Clivi Galea
4.6
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.
Kante Chardonnay
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged Chardonnay from Edi Kante. The variety's Carso expression shows the karst's mineral signature alongside French-oak elevage.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Native Carso Malvasia Istriana from Edi Kante. The cellar's Malvasia shows the variety's saline-mineral spine more than its aromatic side.
Kante Sauvignon
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Sauvignon from Edi Kante on the Carso plateau. The variety's karst expression shows mineral depth more than aromatic lift.
Kante Vitovska
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Native Carso Vitovska from Edi Kante at Duino-Aurisina. Kante's underground three-floor cellar cut into the Carso karst is among Italian winemaking's most distinctive buildings.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Picolit from the family's Rocca Bernarda holdings, the heart of DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged 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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Aromatic field-blend white from Lis Neris. Pinot Grigio with Traminer Aromatico and Riesling Renano gives the cellar's flagship aromatic style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged Pinot Grigio from Lis Neris. Gris is the cellar's top Pinot Grigio with partial new-oak elevage, set against the broader Lis Neris Pinot Grigio.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged Chardonnay from Lis Neris. Jurosa is the cellar's top single-parcel Chardonnay with partial new-oak elevage on the lees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged Sauvignon from Lis Neris. Picol is the cellar's single-parcel Sauvignon with partial new-oak elevage.
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 estate's barrique-led Friulian white, Pinot Bianco-led with a touch of dry-vinified Picolit. Yellow stone fruit and almond cream over a saline finish, the oak-aged counterpart to the stainless-steel Terre Alte.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Livio Felluga's flagship DOCG Picolit, the indigenous Friulian sweet-wine grape with naturally low yields and tiny berries. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged finish that keeps the wine from cloying.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Livio Felluga's classical Colli Orientali Pinot Grigio, pear and almond aromatics over a saline finish.
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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Marco Felluga's classical Collio Pinot Grigio with pear and almond aromatics. The estate's volume flagship since the 1950s, vinified in stainless steel for clean fruit-forward freshness.
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 · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Merlot from the Calvari plot at Buttrio. Miani's flagship red, considered by critics one of Italy's reference Merlots for its structure and ageworthiness.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Sauvignon from the Saurint plot at Buttrio. Miani's Sauvignon is the cellar's most overtly aromatic single-vineyard wine but built on the same low-yield concentration spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Oak-aged Chardonnay from Pierpaolo Pecorari. The Olivers single-parcel cuvée is the cellar's top Chardonnay.
Radikon Sivi
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
S Line orange Pinot Grigio (Sivi means 'grey' in Slovenian) with the variety's natural copper hue from skin contact. Pink grapefruit and rose hip aromatics over a saline-edged finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Rocca Bernarda's flagship DOCG Picolit from the Villa Rocca Bernarda estate at Premariacco. The villa was the historical seat of Picolit production under the Counts of Trento in the 19th century.
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 · Refreshing · Elegant
Ronchi di Cialla's Ribolla Gialla from the Cialla holdings, in the still-white idiom (no extended skin contact). Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Rapuzzi family's late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano from Cialla, aged in large Slavonian oak botti. Dried apricot and honey over a saline-edged sweet finish.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Late-harvest Picolit from Ronchi di Manzano. The cellar's DOCG dessert wine made from the historically rare grape.
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 · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Dry Riesling Renano from Ronco del Gelso at Cormons. Riesling is uncommon in the Isonzo and the cellar's Latimis bottling is a benchmark.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-parcel Pinot Grigio from the Sot Lis Rivis vineyard at Cormons. Giorgio Badin's Ronco del Gelso is the cellar's top Pinot Grigio.
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 · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Chardonnay from the Salars cru. Almond cream and yellow stone fruit over a saline finish, in the restrained Friulian Chardonnay idiom rather than the New World oak style.
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
Russiz Superiore's Collio Sauvignon with elderflower and lime zest aromatics over a saline pith finish. The restrained Friulian style, with longer cellar potential than commodity Sauvignon.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The estate's late-harvest Verduzzo Friulano, a Friulian sweet-wine tradition. Dried apricot and honey aromatics over a saline-edged finish that keeps the wine off cloying territory.
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 · Refreshing · Elegant
The textbook serious Collio Pinot Bianco, vinified in stainless steel since 1965. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline almond-pith finish, with the cellar-worthy structure of restrained whites.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The reference dry-style Collio Pinot Grigio, vinified in stainless steel since 1965. Pear and almond aromatics over a saline finish, the textbook style for serious Italian Pinot Grigio.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The reference Collio Sauvignon, vinified in stainless steel since 1968. Elderflower and lime zest aromatics over a saline pith finish, the textbook restrained Friulian style.
Skerk Ograde
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Funky
Carso field-blend white from Skerk. Ograde co-ferments four white varieties on skins as the cellar's signature blend.
Skerk Vitovska
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Native Carso Vitovska from Sandi Skerk at Sgonico. Skerk's underground cellar is cut into the karst rock alongside the neighbouring Zidarich and Vodopivec sites.
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
The estate's flagship single-vineyard Sauvignon from the Ronco delle Mele cru in Dolegna del Collio. Elderflower and lime zest aromatics over a saline finish, the textbook benchmark for serious Collio Sauvignon.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Three-vineyard Pinot Bianco selection (Tre Vignis means three vineyards) from the Venica & Venica holdings. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish, the estate's serious Pinot Bianco statement.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-parcel Chardonnay from the Ciampagnis Vieris vineyard at Mariano del Friuli. Vie di Romans' unoaked Chardonnay reference.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Single-parcel Pinot Grigio from the Dessimis vineyard at Mariano del Friuli. Vie di Romans builds Pinot Grigio with seriousness rare for the variety.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-parcel Malvasia Istriana from Vie di Romans. The cellar's Malvasia bottling shows the variety's signature wild-herb register against an Isonzo-mineral spine.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Sauvignon from the Vieris parcel at Mariano del Friuli. Gianfranco Gallo's Vie di Romans defined the modern Isonzo white style with extended lees ageing.
Vodopivec Solo
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Single-parcel long-skin-contact Vitovska from Vodopivec. Solo is the cellar's top cuvée from a single Carso parcel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Long-skin-contact Vitovska from Paolo Vodopivec on the Carso. The cellar buried its first qvevri amphorae in 2005 and built around them an orange-wine line that critics rate alongside Gravner and Radikon.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Volpe Pasini's everyday-tier Pinot Grigio, pear and almond aromatics over a saline finish.
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 · Refreshing · Elegant
Single-vineyard Pinot Bianco from the Zuc di Volpe holdings. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.
Zidarich Prulke
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Funky
Carso field-blend white from Zidarich. The Prulke blend co-ferments Vitovska, Malvasia Istriana and Sauvignon together on skins.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Native Carso Vitovska from Beniamino Zidarich at Sgonico. Shorter skin contact than Vodopivec gives the wine more freshness, but the orange-wine signature remains.
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.