Verduzzo Friulano

Producer:
Azienda Agricola Cencig Nicola & Mauro
Region:
Friuli - Venezia Giulia
Grape:
Verduzzo Friulano
Classification:
DOC Colli Orientali del Friuli
Vintage:
2011
Capacity:
0.75 l

A sweet white wine made from the indigenous Verduzzo Friulano grape of Veneto. It is a strain that depending on the method of vinification gives the wine dry or sweet, strong, with a good scent. Verduzzo from our producer was harvested in late autumn, hence sweetness and an aroma of very ripe, almost raisiny grapes are scented in a bottle of this excellent wine.

Details

Color: yellow shiny, with goldish hues
Aroma: complex notes of peach, apricot, honey, raisins
Flavor: sweet, velvety
Food matching: perfect for a gorgonzola blue cheese or Roquefort, smoked cheeses, Pecorino sheep cheese type. Great combined with cream of pumpkin. Equally after a meal tastes delicious with dry biscuits
Serving temperature: 10°/12°C.
Alcohol content: 13.5%

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