Discover the top 100 best red wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Italian benchmark of great whites of elegance and minerality. Emblematic Friulano with notes of fresh almond, pear and white flowers, taut Ribolla Gialla, precise Pinot Grigio, lively Sauvignon and balanced Chardonnay. Rare sweet Picolit (DOCG), saline Malvasia Istriana. Rising reds: fruity spicy Refosco, more tannic Pignolo and Schioppettino.
Far north-east on the Austria-Slovenia borders. Collio, Colli Orientali, Friuli Grave.
Structured, intensely coloured reds with a deep ruby colour, firm tannins and dense palate, showing signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), plum, spices, Mediterranean herbs and balsamic notes. Good Friulian ageing potential. Star of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC and Friuli Aquileia DOC, making the great aged reds of Friuli. Native Italian black variety from Friuli, whose name evokes the red colour of the bunch stem.
red wines from the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, ricotta and spinach lasagna or mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan).
On the nose in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, vanilla or jam. In the mouth in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a powerful.
