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Tasting Notes
A medium plus bodied balance and finesse wine with nuanced fruit, consisting of pear, apple, and melon, followed by floral, mineral, and spice notes, along with a kiss of vanilla.
Body is the impression of a wines weight, density, or its ‘mouth-feel’. Some wines feel weighty, or full bodied, while others feel light bodied. Wine runs the gamut from light to full, with most falling somewhere in between.
ACIDITY
Low
Moderate
Balanced
Crisp
High
Acidity is a foundational component in wine. In fact, low acidity, or ‘flabby’ wine (as the term suggests) is a negative. You can sense acidity mainly on the sides of your tongue. Acidity generally ranges from balanced to high. Crisp acidity adds freshness, making your mouth water. Acidity is a necessary element and helps to balance other components.
SWEETNESS
Dry
Off Dry
Medium Dry
Medium Sweet
Very Sweet
Most wines are characterized as dry to off-dry, but there are some grape varietals, like Riesling, that run the gamut from dry to sweet. The tip of the tongue mainly detects sweetness, which is why it is often the primary characteristic detected. Sweetness is derived from residual sugar that did not ferment into alcohol.
ALCOHOL
13.5%
Alcohol is the by-product of fermentation. Differing grape varieties have differing potential alcohol levels, but regardless warmer areas result in riper grapes resulting in higher alcohol. Alcohol level is an objective number, but its affect on its palate impression is largely determined with how well integrated and balanced it is with other components.
In a sea of Pinot Grigio mediocrity, Livio Felluga rises to the top.
GRAPE VARIETAL(S)
Pinot Grigio
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It is often confused with some mass-produced underwhelming wines but Pinot Grigio, or Pinot Gris, is capable of making high quality wines in the right hands. It is grown throughout the world but can vary greatly in terms of style. It is the most famous in Northern Italy, especially in Friuili where it yields Balance & Finesse wines that balance plus body with elevated, refreshing acidity, fruit, and mineral notes. Alternatively, it can also be quite fruit forward and rounder if allowed to go through Malo, and in Alsace, it can even be sweet in style.
The Felluga family are fifth-generation winemakers. Livio Felluga founded his eponymously named winery in the 1950s in Friuli’s rolling hills, helping to carve out a name for quality white wines in the Collio. He passed away in 2016 at 102-years-old, and now his son Andrea and his siblings carry on their father’s legacy.
The Felluga estate is 400 acres with 38 planted to vines on sandy-marl mineral-rich soils. The top cuvée, Abbazia di Rossazzo, is named after a famous abbey in Rosazzo which had longstanding meaning to Livio, who was entrusted with the honor of caring for the Abbey’s vineyards and cellars.
The wines of Livio Felluga are lush, crisp, well-balanced wines with bright fruit, minerality, and floral notes.
Pear
Mineral
White Pepper
Organic
