Red Wines

Refosco Riserva (2015)

Ronc dai Luchis

$32.00

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• This winery is located in Faedis, a town northeast of Udine at the base of the eastern hills of Friuli. It is a small, family business and the Refosco di Faedis vines (also known as Refosco Nostrano) are approximately 80 years old. This wine is fruity, but full bodied with a light acidity which belongs to the Refosco di Faedis, and can be sipped before dinner or to conclude a wonderful meal. This reserve version, with black label, is aged two years in oak casks, and six months in the bottle. We bring to you the reserve version to introduce this varietal in a special way.
• Typology: Red Wine
  Production area: Rosazzo
  Grape variety: 100% Refosco
  Harvesting: by hand in 10 kilogram boxes. De-stemming and soft crushing
  Fermentation and refinery: RESERVE version, with black label, aged two years in oak casks, and six months in bottle.
  Alcohol content: 13.5% vol.
  Temperature for serving: best expressed when served at room temperature
  Tasting notes: Intense purplish red color, scent of violets, rose hips, and berries; it has a dry, full, warm taste, and a good texture. Ideal for medium to long-term aging.
  Serving Suggestions: It goes well with fatty meats, game, and traditional dishes from the Friuli region including cotechino sausage, pappardelle with duck sauce, wild boar, and lamb chops.

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Cabernet Franc (2018)

Castelvecchio

$26.00

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• The market is finally ready for a 100% Cabernet Franc! The beauty of this grape is it takes on the characteristics of the territory it is grown in. While we may be accustomed to Cabernet Franc from California or France, the production coming out of North Eastern Italy creates a whole other experience.   The herbaceous note that characterizes this red wine of great class fades with aging, becoming ethereal, with composite tonalities. The initial famous ruby color melts with time into silken aristocratic reflections. The bouquet maintains the herbaceous fragrance of the wooden barrel even in the bottle. The taste is generous, soft, and velvety.

• Typology: Red Wine
  Production area: Carso
  Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc
  Fermentation and refinery: Ruby red with aristocratic almost silky reflexes.
  Alcohol content: 13.0% vol.
  Tasting notes: Ruby red with aristocratic almost silky reflexes. The bouquet maintains a certain herbaceous fragrance accentuated by the wooden permanence that gives a spicy note. On the palate, it is full, velvety, and spicy with long persistence.
  Serving Suggestions: Pairs perfectly with white roasted meat and wild game fowl.

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Merlot (2018)

Visintini

$24.00

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• Looking for a fresh, elegant, and flavorful Merlot? This is the answer! Aging in stainless steel tanks gives a unique freshness to this international grape and Friuli - with its mineral-rich soil - gives this wine distinguished characteristics, defining it from other Merlots.
• Typology: Red wine 
  Production area: Colli Orientali del Friuli 
  Grape variety: 100% Merlot 
  Harvesting: Manual in September.
  Training System: Guyot
  Fermentation and refinery: De-stemming and crushing of the grapes, maceration with the must in cement tanks for several days with frequent pump-overs. After racking and pressing the skins, the must be placed in a tank where it awaits the end of the alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation. The wine is filtered and bottled during the following July, then a long period of bottle aging follows.
  Alcohol Content: 13.5% vol.
  Tasting notes: Ruby red in color. Aromatic hints of red fruit, full and fragrant. Flavorful, mineral-rich and dry with heavy tannins.
  Serving Suggestions: This wine goes well with a wide variety of meals: from pasta to pork meat and grilled beef to chicken, rabbit, and roast duck.

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Schioppettino (2018)

Petrussa

$32.00

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• Schioppettino, also called "ribolla nera" has been around since the 13th century in Friuli. Saved from the brink of extinction, it came back to light in the 1970s. The Prepotto area of Friuli is the most famous area for this peppery red varietal, and the 2017 vintage was given a score of 91 by Vinous Antonio Galloni.
• Typology: Red wine D.O.C.
  Production area: D.O.C. Friuli Venezia Giulia
  Grape variety: 100% Schioppettino
  Harvesting: By hand in October
  Fermentation and refinery: Barrique for 18 months followed by 8 months in bottles.
  Temperature for Serving: 18 °C
  Alcohol Percentage:13%
  Tasting notes: Peppery, elegant, and fruity, medium-bodied with smooth tannins and bright acidity, this is a graceful wine with lots of depth and concentration.
  Serving Suggestions: Beef, Lamb, Aged Cheeses

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Tazzelenghe (2016)

Jacuss

$25.00

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• A few words about "TAZZELENGHE": A native grape from Friuli though the precise area of origin is unknown. It was part of the multitude of original vineyards scattered in the Friuli region hills, today mostly gone. This grape was rediscovered along with Refosco and Schiopettino and is grown in different areas of the Colli Orientali hills in Friuli. The name itself it testament to the personality of this wine that is for the experienced and educated consumer. In fact, Tazzelenghe means "tongue cutter", a fully deserved designation for its unique quality.
  
• Typology: Red wine
  Grape variety: 100% Tazzelenghe
  Harvesting: Manual harvesting, soft pressing of the grapes, fermentation temperature at 26° -28° C, maceration on skins for 15-20 days, with several remontages to racking.
  Fermentation and refinery: The wine refines in barrels of massive oak of 225 litres, after 24 months is assembled. After 6 months from assembly, bottling. Refining in bottle for 6 months before marketing.
  Temperature for Serving: 18-20 °C
  Tasting notes: Intense red color with violet reflexes, strong in mouth. Tough and sturdy wine that softens itself during the normal processes of ageing related to barrel-ageing (condensation and oxidation of tannins). The purplish-red color, intense, vinous when young, dims to change in red with Garnet reflexes with ageing. The bouquet is ample and pleasant with mild hints of wood.
  Serving Suggestions: Wine indicated for roasts and braised. Goes well with sauces of white and red meats and game.

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Franconia (2020)

Bortolusso

$16.00

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• Franconia is a single-varietal dry red wine made with the Friuli traditional grape of the same name. 

  It is a fairly young red wine, not undergoing any aging in wood, nor lengthy aging in stainless steel. 

  Franconia by Bortolusso is a medium-bodied red, with a deep ruby color. It is moderately tannic with a note of acidity. The younger it is opened it gives off herbaceous notes with a really juicy feel of cherry and raspberry notes, as it ages more aromas of undergrowth come out.

• Appellation: Friuli Annia

  Alcohol: 12.5%

  Training System: Guyot or Cappuccina

  Harvest Time: Early October

  Winemaking: Grapes are soft pressed then left to ferment for 15 days at a controlled temperature.

  Pairings: Roast meats or grilled vegetables.

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Terrano (2020)

Castelvecchio

$25.00

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• Terrano belongs to the family of Refosco d'Istria, a red native varietal from Friuli. Terrano is a typical grape of the Carso region, which has always produced this varietal with “wild” notes and a unique personality! This wine can be aged for 7-10 years when the bottle is kept properly.
• Typology: Red Wine
  Production area: Carso
  Grape variety: 100% Terrano
  Fermentation and refinery: After 9 months in stainless steel containers (without malolactic fermentation), the wine remains other 3 months in bottles before its sale starts.
  Alcohol content: 12.0% vol.
  Tasting notes: Intense ruby red color when young, with violet undertones; by maturing, the color tones down. Wild scents of black-berry, bilberry, wild-cherry and plums. Rather acidic (from the presence of malic acid), exuberant and lively.
  Temperature for Serving: 16-18 °C
  Serving Suggestions: The limited tannins and the moderate alcohol content, even if with a steady acidity, make this Terrano appropriate for delicatessen and salted meat. When young, this wine is a perfect accompaniment to fish.

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Refosco Nostrano (2020)

Perini

$28.00

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• Related to the ancient wine varietal Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso from Friuli Venezia Giulia, Refosco Nostrano is an equally distinguished wine. Deep ruby red wine with dark fruity notes and slight herbs, this Refosco Nostrano has excellent aging potential and pairs well with big meat dishes.
  
• Typology: Red Wine
  Production area: Friuli Venezia Giulia
  Appellation: Venezia Giulia IGT
  Grape variety: Refosco Nostrano
  Harvesting: Clusters are selected, picked by hand and carefully placed in small crates
  Training System: Guyot simple
  Fermentation and aging: Grapes are dried in an aired attic, then natural fermentation with wild yeast and aging in French oak barrels. 11-month aging on the lees.
  Alcohol content: 12.0% vol.
  Temperature for serving: 18-20°C
  Tasting notes: Powerful and complex red wine, pleasant to drink
  Serving Suggestions: Red meat and ripened cheese
  

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