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Vineyards: Located on plain in the Grave zone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy.

Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Grigio.

Training system: Spur cordon. Planting density: 4.000 vines per hectare.

Wine making: After the grape-harvest there is the soft-pressing of the grapes with the separation of the skins and fermentation at controlled temperature (18-20°C). The fermentation lasts about 12 days. The wine is then stored in stainless steel tanks for 4 months.

Tasting notes: The colour is straw-yellow with light reflexes oppercoloured. The aroma suggests acacia blossoms and apples, the taste is fine, elegant, dry and pleasantly bitterish. Wine with a good alcoholic strength and fixed acidity.

Culinary suggestions: It is a wine which enhances the whole range of lean horsd’oeuvres, pasta and risotto dishes and soups, some species of fish, such as mullets. Excellent by itself as an aperitif. Serve at 10° C.

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Vineyards: Located in the Grave zone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Northeast of Italy.

Grape varieties: 100% Sauvignon.

Training system: Spur cordon. Planting density: 4.000 vines per hectare. The yield is 90 ql/ha.

Wine making: After the grape-harvest there is the soft-pressing of the grapes with the separation of the skins and the fermentation at the controlled temperature (18-19° C). The fermentation lasts 8 days. The wine is then stored in steel-tanks for 4 months.

Tasting notes: Attractive dry white wine with its straw-yellow colour. It has a very distinctive, irrepressible fruity and floral bouquet reminiscent of sage, yellow peppers and exotic fruits. Its flavour is aromatic, characteristic and full.

Food pairing suggestions: It comes into its own when served with delicacies: sea crayfish, lobster, salmon. Simply a must with risotto flavoured with herbs. Serve at 10° C.

Vineyards: Located on plain in the Grave zone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy.

Grape varieties: 100% Friulano.

Wine making: After the grape-harvest there is the soft-pressing of the grapes with the separation of the skins and the fermentation at the controlled temperature (20-22°C). The fermentation lasts from 8 days. The wine is then stored in steel-tanks for 3 months.

Tasting notes: Pale-yellow colour with greenish tinges. A great wine, the first white variety in the wine-making tradition of Friuli. Fine, delicate, intense fragrance reminiscent of wild flowers, with hints of figs and anise; generous mellow flavour with a race of bitter almond.

Food pairing suggestions: Excellent as aperitif, with San Daniele ham, with lean appetisers, soups, rise and robust fish such as stuffed sardines and baccalà alla vicentina. Serve at 8 - 10° C.

Vineyards: Located on plain in the Grave zone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy.

Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Bianco.

Training system: Spur cordon. Planting density: 4.000 vines per hectare. The yield is 90 ql/ha.

Wine making: After the grape-harvest there is the soft-pressing of the grapes with the separation of the skins and the fermentation at the controlled temperature (20-22°C). The fermentation lasts from 8 days. The wine is then stored in steel-tanks for 3 months.

Tasting notes: Straw-yellow in colour with greenish reflexes, has an elegant and agreeable aroma with white flowers and fruity notes of pear and peach. Dry taste with a natural acidity.

Food pairing suggestions: Excellent as aperitif, with lean appetisers, soups, rise and robust fish such as stuffed sardines and baccalà alla vicentina. Serve at 8 - 10° C.

Vineyards: Located on plain in the Grave zone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy.

Grape varieties: 100% Refosco.

Training system: Spur cordon and Guyot. Planting density: 3.500 vines per hectare.

Wine making: After the grape-harvest there is the red winemaking with maceration of the skins that lasts 8-10 days. Then the must is placed in special tanks where fermentation is completed in contact with selected yeast. After the winemaking the wine is placed in steel tanks for 4 months before the bottling.

Tasting notes: It is a typically Friulan wine with an intense ruby red colour with light garnet-red nuances. It has a strong characteristic bouquet vaguely reminiscent of raspberries and blackberries. Taste full and clean with slightly bitter aftertaste. Young, vinous and fragrant.

Food pairing suggestions: It is recommended with the region’s typical cuisine, as well as with meat in general. Serve at 16 - 18° C.