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RIBOLLA GIALLA
2021 Friuli Colli Orientali Azienda Agricola Visintini
| Grapes | Ribolla |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Other | Certified Organic |
| Sub-district | Friuli Colli Orientali |
| ABV | 14% |
Great tension and life in this green-fruited number! A little astringent at the moment. Drinking range: 2023 - 2025 Rating: 16+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2022)
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The 2021 Ribolla Gialla was the model of discreet fragrance and crystalline freshness, making it an unmissable wine in this line-up (from Visintini)Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Jul 2022)
From the hills north of Venice this fresh bright white is loaded with wild flowers and citrus and the tang of crisp pineapple. Yet there is nice weight, with good balance and length, great freshness to the fruit and some good depth too.L&S (Jun 2022)
Hello Ribolla. This is the definitive version if you have yet to taste this grape in isolation (it loves to hide in swanky blends). Pure, floral, bitingly clean, and one step sideways from PGs, PBs and legions of innocuous Soaves, this is a brilliant wine with serious élan, and it stays one step ahead at all moments! While this wine might be a bit of a punt if you usually stick to tried and tested, I can underline its importance by saying that this was a stalwart on my Bibendum Restaurant wine list back in the day. This 2021 is leagues ahead in quality than those cheeky drops in the old days!Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Oct 2022)
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.
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Lovely, gentle whiff of honey, with some quince and white flowers too. Fresh and the palate has lovely fruit concentration, with good texture, beautifully well balanced and with great length.
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