Colli Orientali del Friuli Bianco Illivio 2007

Livio Felluga (Italy)

Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Picolit
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

Colli Orientali del Friuli Bianco Illivio shows a brilliant straw yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of apple, banana and plum followed by aromas of hawthorn, pear, hazelnut, grapefruit, honey, vanilla and mineral. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, pleasing roundness. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple, plum and banana. Colli Orientali del Friuli Bianco Illivio ages for 10 months in barrique followed by 9 months of aging in bottle.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Roasted fish, Roasted white meat, Stewed fish
Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)
November 2009