2021 REFOSCO Friuli Colli Orientali Azienda Agricola Visintini, Lea & Sandeman

REFOSCO

2021 Friuli Colli Orientali Azienda Agricola Visintini

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Grapes Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Other Certified Organic
Sub-district Friuli Colli Orientali
ABV 13.5%

Oliviero tells us that Refosco is really not easy to grow, you must be very cautious about the maturity of the grapes. Not all the bunch matures evenly and so you usually have to chop the bottom of the bunches off.. So this is a real labour of love - and we are glad they have the patience for it - as the results are super! Fresh and bouncy this is a delicious wine with so much joy and energy - a similar feel and weight to a good Kiwi Pinot Noir - but with real zip and cut too. Positively thirst inducing. 30% aged in wood, the rest in stainless steel tanks to preserve that pert, freshly-cut fruit line. L&S (Jul 2024)

*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles of wine (or 9 litre equivalent) or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits, Sweet Wine or Fortified (4.5 litres) to get the discounted 'case price' for each bottle.

Azienda Agricola Visintini

Founded in 1973 by Andrea Visintini, this twenty-four hectare estate has vineyards in Collio, Collio Orientali and Grave del Friuli, and is now controlled by the new generation of Oliviero and his twin sisters Cinzia and Palmira. The wines are beautifully made, each with wonderful expression of both the grape and the 'terroir'. Vineyard practices are now entirely biodynamic, and certified this year. These wines are also extraordinarily good value in what is generally a highly priced region.

With the 2014 vintage the family have unveiled the brilliant new labels for each of the wines - with the beautiful botanical drawings of flavours or fruits that relate to the flavour profiles in each different varietal. The wines are great too - in a far from straightforward vintage - beautiful fruit definition and lovely bright minerality.

This wine isn't currently part of a mixed case, but you can always browse our full selection of mixed cases here.
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