Features
Name:
Biancosesto Friulano/ R. Gialla Friuli Colli Orientali DOC 2019/2020
Terrain:
Marls and sandstones of Eocene origin better known as "ponca"
Winery
It all began in the sixties, when grandfather Min and then father Livio started a story that still lives on in Massimo and Marco Zorzettig's Tunella, guardians, together with their mother Gabriella, of more than fifty years of family tradition. In the Tunella of today live together the present and the memory, the desire to experiment and the highest traditions of the Colli Orientali del Friuli: a present that day after day builds its future.
Our winery is called Tunella since 2002: the new name, which replaced the previous Livio Zorzettig, is a toponym which indicates a farmhouse and a hill located near the winery, among meadows and vineyards surrounded by the sweet landscape of Colli Orientali.
Although Tunella is a company with a long history, we have never abandoned the maniacal attention that distinguishes every little winemaker when he works in his vineyard. It is not by chance that our philosophy is "to do little in order to do better": this is the only way we can offer something of excellent quality and at the same time absolutely unique and personal.
Inside every Tunella bottle there are the earth, the sun, the rain, the wind: because wine collects everything it receives. And because we want those who will come after us to enjoy the same flavors and scents, we pay attention to the sustainability of production.
Description
La Tunella's Biancosesto is a label which synthesizes the history and tradition of Friuli's wine. It is produced with two historical grapes of the territory, the autochthonous Ribolla Gialla and the international Sauvignonasse, once known as Tocai, then renamed Friulano. They are two perfectly complementary grapes: Ribolla Gialla gives the vertical tension with its citrus freshness and Friulano gives the aromatic richness and fullness.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Luminous straw yellow, with elegant greenish reflections.
A wine of great stuff, with a refined and elegant bouquet of small pastries, vanilla and acacia flowers, mixed with lively and fresh notes of fruit and white flowers. The palate enters delicate and full, but agile and savory at the same time. It is a wine with great personality which in its long finish recalls the typical characteristics of its original grape varieties: the light almond of Friulano and the fresh sensations of Ribolla.
Storage time:
4-5 years
Vinification
fermentation and aging "sur lies" at controlled temperature with frequent batonnage in large barrels (30 hl) of Slavonian oak
Acknowledgements
2020 Luca Maroni92/100