Wine Blogging Wednesday is a monthly, virtual wine tasting participated in by wine bloggers all over the world. This month’s event was hosted by Jack and Joanne at Fork and Bottle and was focused on the white wines of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia.
My wine came from the region of Collio. For many years this area of
The Schiopetto Family bottled their first vintage in 1964. Today they farm 70 acres and produce 230,000 bottles annually. The winemaker is Mauro Simeoni and there is some consulting done by Giorgio Schiopetto. The 2004 Schiopetto Tocai Friulano Collio DOC is made of 100% Tocai Friulano grapes that were grown 170 feet above sea level with a Southern exposure and a marl and sandstone soil composition. Yields were 3.2 tons per acre and the grapes were harvested between the 10th and 20th of September. Fermentation took place in stainless steel and the wine was aged for seven months followed by six months in bottle before being released from the winery. The wines did not undergo malolactic fermentation and were bottled unfined and unfiltered. I paid $29.99 for this bottle at a local wine ship.
My initial impression of this wine was that it was like the very best Pinot Grigio on steroids. There were fresh aromas of lime zest combined with the smell of blanched almonds. It was soft and lush in the mouth with absolutely perfect acidity. The finish was moderate in length.
I ended up giving this wine a rating of Good. (My scale is Yuck, Ok, Good, Excellent and WOW.) While the wine was very enjoyable and had been made extremely well, I wanted more out of a wine in this price range. I would love to continue to explore the wines of this region as the quality in the bottle was obvious. Thanks Jack and Joanne, for encouraging me to visit a region I haven’t spent much time in.
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2 comments:
Sounds a bit disappointing, value-wise. I'm wondering if you saved some and tried it over the next day or three, and if so, was there any improvement?
But I'll also say that this producer's wines are on the high side for the region, and the few I've hadn't been worth the extra $. But I have two other varietals in my cellar (both cheaper, too) - your tasting is not encouraging, though.
You know what happened? There was a quality to the wine that I was having a difficult time describing. In continuing to taste the wine and figure it out, we ended up finishing the bottle. Too bad, you raise a good point. Do you find wines from this region to often improve over the course of a couple days?
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