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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Collio Sauvignon from Borgo Conventi at Farra d'Isonzo. The Folonari-owned cellar's everyday Sauvignon 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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-parcel Sauvignon from Castello di Spessa at Capriva del Friuli. The castle cellar's flagship Sauvignon from the Santarosa vineyard.
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 · 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.
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 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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Pinot Bianco from Kupelwieser at Capriva del Friuli in the Collio DOC.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
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 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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Single-parcel Sauvignon from Pierpaolo Pecorari at San Lorenzo Isontino. The cellar's unoaked Sauvignon, sharp and direct.
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 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.
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 · 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 · 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
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.
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 · 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.
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 · 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.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Zorzettig's prestige MYO Friulano from the Spessa di Cividale holdings. Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.