Colli Orientali del Friuli Rosazzo Bianco Terre Alte 2002

Livio Felluga (Italy)

Friuli Colli Orientali (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Sauvignon Blanc (40%), Tocai Friulano (30%), Pinot Bianco (30%)
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This wine shows an intense straw yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with hints of apple, pear and banana followed by aromas of hawthorn, litchi, butter, pineapple, almond, honey, mineral, peach, elder, grapefruit and plum. In the mouth has very good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of peach, plum, pear and litchi. A well made wine. The Tocai Friulano grape used for the production of this wine ferments and ages in barrique for about 10 months. Terre Alte ages in bottle for at least 12 months.

Alcohol: 14%

Roasted fish, Stuffed pasta, Stewed fish, Fish and mushrooms soups, Roasted white meat

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

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