Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli DOC

Sauvignon Blanc

  • Friuli DOC, 
  • Friuli, 
  • italy

Latest Awards

  • 90 points Vine Pair , March 2024
Background

Cantina Puiatti’s approach to producing wines in northern Italy’s Friuli region is defined by what they do not do: no oak, no over-ripening, no maceration, no inoculation, and no oxidation. This simple approach in limiting intervention results in extraordinarily complex wines, which showcase variety, typicity and purity. Cantina Puiatti was originally founded in 1967 by Vittorio Puiatti in the northeastern corner of Italy’s Friuli region. Vittorio was a pioneer of modern winemaking methods and sought to highlight Friuli’s indigenous and international grape varieties by emphasizing their purity. As Vittorio Puiatti stated “nature loves simplicity, as simplicity is the form of greatness.”

TERROIR & VINTAGE NOTES

Bordered by Slovenia, Austria, and the Adriatic sea, the Friuli wine region benefits from both maritime and continental climates. The cool, dry Bora wind coming down from the Balkans alternates with breezes blowing in from the Adriatic. The region also experiences easterly winds blowing up from the Mediterranean. This causes a unique microclimate, beneficial to the production of white wines, particularly aromatic varieties. Plentiful sunshine and wide temperature variation assists in the slow maturing of the vines, yielding firm, well-balanced grapes full of flavor and aroma. The Puiatti estate is located in two of Friuli’s most important wine producing areas: 25 acres in Collio and 124 acres in Isonzo.

Winemaking & Aging

Grapes are harvested by hand in the second week of September. Fermentation takes place off skins in stainless steel at a temperature of 70°F. Malolactic fermentation is not carried out. The wine is aged in stainless steel tanks for four months.

Tasting Notes

Brilliant pale lemon color, fresh nose of citrus, sage, peach, and apricot. Harmonious palate, persistent, with mouth-filling finish.

90
Points

Italy's northeastern region of Friuli is renowned for its distinct white wines, made from both local and international varieties. Cantina Puitti's approach to winemaking values freshness and expressing the region's unique microclimate, never using oak or overripe grapes. This comes across in this bright and subtle Sauvignon Blanc. It has notes of grapefruit, orange blossom, and honeydew melon with a bright acidity. -H.S.

Vine Pair - March 2024

Appellation

Friuli DOC

grape varieties

100% Sauvignon Blanc

Sizes

750ml

technical details
  • ABV: 12.5%
  • TA: 5.7 g/l
  • Ph: 3.3
  • Closure: Screw Cap
winemaker

Andrea Lonardi

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