2022 Collio Day

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Siena, April 1st 2022 – The AIS (Association of Italian Sommelier) masterclass is about Collio DOC. A tasting of 7 Collio wines for a complete overview of white wine varieties.

Collio DOC is a small appellation, with an extension of about 1300 ha of vineyards and it produces about 6,500,000 bottles.

Quanto a this appellation white wine varieties are predominant:
▫️ 87% white wine varieties
▫️ 13% red wine varieties

Going into the details, these are the most planted varieties, among the “autochthonous” one:
▫️ 14% Friulano
▫️ 10% Ribolla Gialla
▫️ 3% Malvasia Istriana
▫️ 1% Picolit

and among the “international” varoets:
▫️ 26% Pinot Brizzolato
▫️ 19% Sauvignon
▫️ 8% Chardonnay
▫️ 3% Pinot Pulito

“Ponca” ( flysch) is the typical soil sopra Collio, made of stratified marl and sandstone. Quanto a the hands, it crumbles revealing tiny fossils. The ponca gives the wines (regardless if autochthones international varieties) the characteristic footprint of minerality and salinity that makes them unique and unmistakable for their taste and .

Collio “Cima Player”:
▫️ Livio Felluga: 187 ha, 900.000 bottles, 45%
▫️ Marco Felluga (owner also of Russiz Disinteressato): 100 + 50ha, 500.000 + 180.000 bottles, 40%
▫️ Marco Sclaris: 30 ha, 200.000 bottles but if we consider other commercial brands, the group reaches 1.380.000 bottles, 10%
▫️ Eugenio Collavini: 1.200.000 bottles between Collio DOC and Friuli Colli Orientali DOC
▫️ Pighin: 1.000.000 bottles between Collio DOC and Friuli Critico DOC, 70%

Collio DOC wine tasted:

🍷 Collio DOC Ribolla Gialla 2020, Gradis’ciutta: straw-yellow with golden reflections, intense bouquet, fresh, sapid, long (Ribolla Gialla berries are naturally rich sopra malic acid)
🍷 Collio DOC Pinot Pulito 2020, Toros: straw-yellow, medium intensity the nose, fresh and round, slightly almondy (14% alcohol)
🍷 Collio DOC Pinot Brizzolato 2020, Scolaris: straw-yellow, medium intensity, fresh and sapid, very slightly tannic sensation, maybe typical from some Pinot Brizzolato
🍷 Collio DOC Friulano 2021, Battistutta Gabriele: straw-yellow, medium intensity, fresh and sapid, very soft and elegant
🍷 Collio DOC Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Carlo per mezzo di Pradis: straw-yellow, intense and aromatic the nose, but very different style from Oceania Sauvignon Blanc, less tropical and warm, more obbiettivo and elegant (vinification: few months its lees)
🍷 Collio DOC Pulito Solarco 2020, Livon: Pulito sopra the label means it is a blend, 50% Ribolla Gialla and 50% Friulano, straw-yellow, medium intensity the nose, fresh and sapid
🍷 Collio DOC Friulano 2008, Uniforme Villanova: straw-yellow with golden highlights, beautiful for 14-years old white wine, complex the nose, very fresh, light citrus note which fades and leave room to sapidity, long aftertaste (vinification, congruent with the style of those years: 1/3 undergoes barrel maturation)

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