Livio Felluga, Pinot Grigio, Friuli Colli Orientali

Stainless steel fermentation and lees aging. This is not your run of the mill, crisp but simple Italian Pinot Grigio. There's more body, fruit ripeness, and leesy creamy feel. The acid is a lot lower too. White peach and floral notes. Some stony minerality and even a hint of petro, which is weird for this varietal. I should let it warm up some to get more on the nose, but the style is definitely more sophisticated than typical cheap, simple …

2022 vintage

Very good

2016 vintage

Fuji apple, peach, dry hay, chalk. Broad mouthfeel with moderate acidity. Flavors of apple, peach and yellow plum with a slightly pepperiness on the finish.

2022 vintage

This '22 Pinot Grigio from the great Livio Felluga was served at the Mailroom's second DFW wine tasting event. This tasting was centered around tasting the different regions that Italy has to offer. Tasting notes of ripe orange melon, ripe pear, and some minerality - albeit a sweeter expression overall. No long form written TN's as I was hosting this event. If you're based in the DFW area, definitely worth joining in on an event. I scored this wine 90 …

2022 vintage

Light straw in color, complete opacity, medium alcohol based on viscosity. Nose has good concentration, bringing green pear and apple, white peach, apricot and a touch of melon alongside acacia. The palate has good concentration, with a honeyed melon flavor with a waxy texture, bright and vibrant in both flavor and acid with a finish of good length. Medium body, medium+acid, medium+finish

2022 vintage

Folks, this is pinot grigio at its best. Almost rose gold in the glass with a shimmer of orange rust in the mix, the striking visual leads to a nose brimming with candied pear, butter, apricot, melon, caramel popcorn, river stone and steely minerals. It's shifty and complex, with a smacking and oxidative palate rich with swaths of honey, apple, cream, stonefruits, saline and lemon peel balanced towards a long finish. Plumbing the depths of this bottle never gets old. …

2022 vintage

750 under screw cap straw gold color Decent flavors, but could use a bit more brightness.

2022 vintage

One of the best pinot grigio I have had. creamy pear flavors with balanced acidity.

2022 vintage

serviceable. easy drinking. light bodied. notes of citrus and that about it. little bit of bitterness as it warmed up. high acidity. quaffable.

2022 vintage

NV Blind Tasting (Neighborhood Vinter, Austin TX) : [blind tasting] Yellow/gold color stood out from the two Chards. Ripe flavor on the nose with apple, peach, stone fruit but still quite dry and crisp on the palate. Guessed that this is an Italian white but haven't had a Pinot Grigio for a while.

2022 vintage

I took this bottle of Pinot Grigio to a blind tasting a few nights ago and am just now getting around to reviewing it. Pale gold colored with copper highlights and a watery sheen (13.5% ABV). It's obviously had a bit of skin contact by the color. The nose has medium (+) intensity aromas of grapefruit pith, lemon and lime zest, white blossom, chamomile, orange peel and slate. On the palate it is dry with medium acidity and a medium …

2022 vintage

Salmon in color; stoney nose, lacks depth and acidity.

2022 vintage

Cloudy yellow hue The nose is characterized by stone fruit, namely white peach and apricot. Additionally a citrus note is present. On the palate, quite intense citrus notes of lemon and tangerine. Chalk and a lively acidity on the finish (M length) M+ body for a white with a good concentration

2022 vintage

My last - will definitely seek out a more recent vintage in good time. Drink up over the next year or so while grip maintained.

2016 vintage

Tasted blind. Bright med lemon with a copper hue. Med intensity aromas of white orange blossom, ripe lemon, yellow apple, white peach, wet stone, leesy yeast/beer. The nose is developing (+). Dry, with med (+) acidity, med (+) alcohol (13.5%). Med (+) body, med flavor intensity and length, with a slight phenolic bitterness on the finish. Drink now, not suitable for further aging. Good quality, classic hillside PG. Great QPR.

2016 vintage

Remains in the excellent zone maintaining its peachy fruit core, steel mineral backbone and lemon/lime citrus grip. Meadow herb tones. Excellent and should hold up well over the next year or two.

2016 vintage

Stone / rock on the nose with a touch of stone fruit in there as well. Not much, a hint. They are the ones that started Pinot Grigio in the 1950s. Apparently there is a prisoner of war story in here from World War II and then taking the business to a different level. The label is all estate and from all the villages and hamlets where he grows his grapes. Mark notes a backed apple or pear note to …

2016 vintage

Went back for more of the 2017 and true to Kansas distributor warehouse practices there was 2016 sitting on the shelf. So I said WTH. Great divinity and structure. Lots of mild fruit, lemon, blood orange, honey dew melon and grapefruit. Palate was quite enticing and fruit acid balance from a little age was really nice.

2016 vintage

Dry peach, meadow herb, touch of viscosity. Core (gentle) steely minerality and citrus zest notes. Everything excellent PG should be. Now ready and should be good over the next couple of years.

2016 vintage

This is a well made Pinot Grigio with an unusual balance of being creamy on the palate and having nice acidity on the finish. Subtle flavors of tropical fruit, peach and a hint of lemon curd. Easy drinking with a light meal.

2016 vintage

Pour is yellow and bright. On the nose it brings melon, white peach, some herbacious notes, and....cheese? More aromatic than expected. The palate is more creamy than most Pinot grigios I have had, with good acidity. Certainly not a new world watered-down Pinot gris. Paired well with the chicken Florentine soup for supper.

2016 vintage

Similar notes. Nice after planting trees ;<)

2016 vintage

White peach nose; tropical fruit and green apple palette; finishes with a hint of pepper. Nice on a hot summer evening.

2016 vintage

Straight in fridge to cool on delivery (not the best way to treat a new arrival)! Lots of promise of things to come in a year or so's time although rather closed up as its stands. Hints of aromatic stoned fruits and salad greens (celery hers indoors called it) with core minerality and gentle viscosity. Hold till next year. Probably 90+ when ready.

2016 vintage

Cheese rind, fresh pear, papaya, fairly viscous but well balanced, creamy. Nicely done.

2016 vintage

At Oso. A nice lunch wine. It had a really attractive nose, with a drift of white flowers, mineral and peach, and just a little drift of seabreeze. Fresh and inviting. It was a touch simple on the palate, but very enjoyable, with a nice juicy balance to its peach and citrus notes, punctuated with a lithe minerality. Good with seafood.

2016 vintage

Appearance: yellow with light copper reflections Nose: pleasant and intense, intriguing, aromas of melon, carob, mock-orange blossoms , nectarine peach, pear and almond blossom; hints of candied ginger and papaya. Palate: well-structured, embracing and savory; notes of apricot and clementine combine with hints of whipped cream, almond milk, pistachio fading towards aromas of nettle. Serving suggestions: A particularly good match for fish, seashell, risottos and baked vegetables.

2016 vintage

Blind tasted. 1 out of 5 got this right. Nice acidity, some lees aging notes which I missed. Pretty neutral wine overall, gold color for light body might have been a clue.

2013 vintage

Majeka House Tasting - Italy (Stellenbosch) : (Tasted Blind) Mid lemon straw colour with a tint of copper. Perfumed aromas with musk, boiled sweets, spices, strawberries and cream, pineapple rind and preserved tangerine peel. Clean entry with broader palate shape, touch viscosity on the mid palate; a lively acidity, medium alcohol and slightly chalkiness on the back palate. A beautifully textured wine with the strawberry, tangerine, and pineapple fruit working with the acid, chalk, and later stony notes. A relatively …

2013 vintage

Light yellow; mint, melon, white rock, slightly waxy; a little underwhelming given reputation.

2013 vintage

Med+ nose - notes of citrus, apple, pear, ripe apple, peach, apricot, cream. Palate is dry, med+ acid, med body, m+ intensity of flavor, med length, med alc M+ finish . Nots of citrus, apple, peach - ripe. creamy, honey, apricot, peach. very good, balanced, lacking serious complexity and concentration.

2013 vintage

Not as aromatic and fresh as in its youth but with a great texture and body. I loved it, others hated it.

2005 vintage

Waited too long. Golden color, poor flavor

2003 vintage

While this is definitely past its prime, it did have some uniqueness and was interesting, but not necessarily enjoyable. Not much fruit left on the nose, instead wet rock, minerals, and petroleum such as from an older German riesling. The palate was equally as odd with green olives, herbs, petroleum followed through on palate along with green tea leaves. Odd, glad I experienced this, but not enjoyable.

2003 vintage

Appealing nose with straw, citrus peel, mango and white chocolate. Surprisingly persistent creamy flavour balanced nicely by restrained acidity.

2005 vintage

Disappointing as it lacked the subtle crispness inherent in a good Pinot Grigio. All the pieces did not come together on this one.

2005 vintage

Very fruity and almost sweet, lacking the sharpness I'm acustomed to in Pinot Grigio

2005 vintage

Light gold in color. Grape and grappa on the nose. Round, fairly full but clean flavors, though there is a bit of alcohol on the finish. Pleasant enough, but no more. (86)

2005 vintage

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