Attems Friulano
4.0
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.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Skin-contact Pinot Grigio ramato from Attems. The ramato style takes advantage of Pinot Grigio's natural pink skins to produce a copper-coloured wine.
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 · 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 · Easygoing
Dry Pinot Grigio from organic-biodynamic Borgo San Daniele. The Mauri siblings' Pinot Grigio in stainless steel.
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 · Savoury · Refreshing
Friulano from Castello di Spessa in the Collio DOC. The castle cellar's everyday Collio white.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Dry Pinot Grigio from Castello di Spessa in the Collio DOC.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Racy acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Carso Terrano from Castelvecchio. The cellar's red on the iron-rich karst soils.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Damijan Podversic's extended-maceration Ribolla from the Gorizia hillside, two months on the skins with no added yeast. Dried apricot and honey over a tea-tannin 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.
Foffani Friulano
3.9
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 · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
International-varietal field blend (Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Riesling Italico) vinified the same qvevri-and-Slavonian-botti way as Ribolla. Yellow stone fruit, dried orange peel and walnut over a tea-tannin amphora finish.
Gravner Ribolla
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Josko Gravner's flagship Ribolla Gialla, fermented six to seven months on the skins in buried qvevri after his 2001 conversion to the Georgian amphora method. Dried apricot and orange peel aromatics over a tea-tannin palate and a saline pithy finish.
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.
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The Bensa family's extended-maceration Ribolla, one of the four founding Oslavia orange-wine cellars alongside Gravner, Radikon and Damijan Podversic. Dried apricot, orange peel and almond over a tea-tannin 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 · 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 · 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 · Easygoing
Dry Pinot Grigio from Pierpaolo Pecorari at San Lorenzo Isontino. The cellar's everyday Isonzo Pinot Grigio in stainless steel.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Tank-method sparkling Ribolla Gialla from Puiatti. Ribolla Gialla is the historic white grape of Collio and Brda and adapts well to the tank-method sparkling style.
Puiatti Friulano
4.1
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 · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Tank-method sparkling Pinot Grigio from Puiatti at Romans d'Isonzo. Vittorio Puiatti was a pioneer of serious Pinot Grigio in Friuli; the cellar has bottled sparkling Pinot Grigio since the 1980s.
Radikon Jakot
4.7
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.
Radikon Ribolla
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Stanko Radikon's pioneering extended-maceration Ribolla, with three to four months on the skins. The wine that put Oslavia on the global orange-wine map alongside Gravner; sold in the distinctive 500 ml bottle Stanko adopted in 2002.
Radikon Slatnik
4.5
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 · 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.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Refreshing · Easygoing
Dry Pinot Grigio from Scolaris in stainless steel.
Skerk Terrano
4.2
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Racy acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Carso Terrano from Skerk. The cellar's red on the iron-rich karst soils.
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 · 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
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.
Zidarich Terrano
4.2
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Racy acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Native Carso Terrano from Zidarich. Terrano is the Carso's signature red and the wine retains the variety's iron-mineral signature from the karst's red soils.
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.