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illivio

illivio
Reflects the personality of the family’s “Patriarch”, uniting strength with elegance.

White wines

illivio

Created in 1998 by Livio Felluga’s children, who dedicated the wine to him for his 85th birthday, illivio reflects the personality of the family’s “Patriarch”, uniting strength with elegance.

Mainly trained in the Guyot system, the vines benefit from marl and sandstone soils of Eocene origin. The 2021 harvest took place in the first half of September. The healthy and perfectly ripe grapes are harvested by hand, in small crates, to preserve the integrity of the berry. Carefully destemmed and left to macerate for a short period, the fruit is then soft crushed and the must obtained is allowed to settle. The must ferments at controlled temperatures in small oak casks. After malolactic fermentation, the wine settles on the lees in the small oak casks for a few months to enhance savouriness, creaminess and aging potential. The bottled wine was aged in temperature-controlled binning cellars.

Bianco D.O.C. Friuli Colli Orientali 2021 – 13,5 % abv.

Details

Tasting notes

Color

Concentrated, bright straw-yellow.

Nose

Vibrant, complex, and deep, with marked apple and pear fruit and spring and summer flowers. Accent scents of freesia, calla lilies, yellow viburnum and frangipane blossom, blending with hints of Golden Delicious apples and dried papaya. Ageing in small oak endows it with delicate polished closing sensations of sweet spice, like nutmeg and vanilla pods, alongside acacia honey and pastry cream. Completing the bouquet is a pleasingly iodine sensation.

Palate

Rounded, creamy and intense with a very mouth-filling entry, following through with fragrant, balanced echoes of ripe fruit like apricots, mango and yellow peaches. A lingering finish seductively lengthened by light hints of candied kumquat chocolate.

Food pairings

A particularly good match for fish, risottos and fresh cheeses.

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