Every cuvée we cover tagged winter drinking, narrowed to Friuli-Venezia Giulia. 28 cuvées.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's flagship red, blending the three indigenous Friulian reds (Refosco, Schioppettino, Pignolo). Black plum, tobacco and graphite over a fine grainy tannin and a long finish.
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 · 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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's Bordeaux blend from the Gorizia hillside, with no added yeast and four years in Slavonian botti. Black plum and leather over an iron mineral dusty tannin.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Friulian Refosco from Foffani at Clauiano in the Friuli Aquileia DOC. Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso is named for its red stem; the wine shows the variety's signature violet-and-pepper profile.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Franco Toros's serious Collio Merlot with 18-24 months in barrique. Black plum and tobacco over a fine grainy tannin and iron mineral finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from Oslavia, fermented in qvevri and aged six years in Slavonian botti. Dried black cherry and leather over a graphite, firm-tannin core with the distinctive amphora signature.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Merlot-led Bordeaux blend vinified in qvevri the Gravner way. Black plum and violet aromatics with leather and iron mineral over a firm tannin spine.
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The Bensa family Bordeaux blend from the Oslavia ponca slopes. Black plum and leather over an iron mineral core and dusty firm tannin.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
Indigenous Schioppettino with the variety's signature white-and-black-pepper aromatics. La Tunella's Schioppettino is one of the modern references for the revived Friulian indigenous red.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from the family's Rocca Bernarda holdings, aged 36 months in barrique. Black plum and leather over the variety's signature firm grainy tannin.
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 · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's flagship Friulian red, a three-variety blend (Refosco, Merlot, Pignolo) with extended barrique ageing. Black plum and leather over a firm grainy tannin.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Indigenous Pignolo from the Oslavia ponca slopes vinified the Radikon natural-wine way. Dried black cherry, leather and graphite over a firm grainy tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Indigenous Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso aged 18 months in barrique. Black plum and violet over a firm grainy tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Indigenous Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso from the Rapuzzi family's Cialla holdings, aged in large Slavonian botti rather than barrique. Black plum and tobacco over a fine grainy tannin.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The Rapuzzi family's flagship Schioppettino di Cialla. The Rapuzzi rescued Schioppettino from near-extinction in the 1970s, planting the first new Schioppettino vineyards at Cialla (Prepotto) since the variety nearly died out. Their work led to the Schioppettino di Prepotto sub-denomination.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Friulian Schioppettino from Ronchi di Manzano. Schioppettino was nearly extinct in the 1970s before the village of Prepotto saved it; the wine's signature is its black-pepper bite.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
The estate's Bordeaux blend named Cjarandon (Friulian for the local plum). Black plum, leather and graphite over a fine grainy tannin.
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
The estate's Bordeaux blend (Merlot + Cabernet Sauvignon) with 18 months in barrique. Black plum and leather over a fine grainy tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Specogna's Pignolo from the Rocca Bernarda holdings, aged 36 months in barrique. Black plum and leather over the variety's signature firm grainy tannin.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Friulian Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso from Tenuta di Blasig. The cellar's red anchor.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Indigenous Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso aged 18 months in barrique. Black plum and violet over a firm grainy tannin, the estate's serious Refosco statement.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Indigenous Tazzelenghe (literally tongue-cutter in Friulian, a reference to the variety's high tannin) from the Spessa di Cividale holdings. Aged 18 months in barrique.