Re: Livio Felluga 2001 Pinot Grigio Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC

Aug 06, 2003 1 Replies


[C] Medium light yellow with a slight pinkish shade


> [N] Fresh fruits (wild raspberries), slightly flowery
> [P] Bone dry, with slight mineral (flint) notes, abricot, fresh acids, > what
> might be a hint of oak.
> In a restaurant, DKK 365.
> This was a very interesting wine, among the better Italian Pinot Grigio
> I have had the pleasure of tasting. Even if it is possible to discern
> that they are made from the same variety, there is an enormous
> difference when comapred to an Alsace Pinot Gris.

Good notes, Nils. I've had several different vintages of this wine, and as you say it always has that characteristic copper cast to it. I also agree that it's a very memorable example of the variety, and worlds apart from Alsace Pinot Gris. AFAIK, there is no oakiness to the wine, but I'll keep your comments in mind the next time I try one.


Mark Lipton


Hello Mark; I looked it up, and apparently it does not come in contact with oak, so you´re right and I´m wrong. However, it does make me wonder what it is I have perceived as oak? Or, rather, "what might be a hint of oak" (only it isn´t).

Funny, the producers site did not mention that copper/pinkish shade - "Golden yellow with pale highlights" is how they put it in the anglophone version.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

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