Sauvignon Blanc is a very food-friendly wine that is fantastic with both cold and hot dishes. Displaying a delicate and finely-polished crisp edge, this white wine will makes an wonderful choice for memorable dinner or precious gifts.

• Type of wine: white wine.
• Vintage year: 2013.
• Age: 1.
• Type of grape: Sauvignon.
• County of origin: Friuli.
• Sweetness level: dry.
• Alcohol by volume: 13%.
• Planting density: 5000 vines/ha.
• Production: 80 quintal/ha.
• Cultivation technique: Guyot.

Tasting notes:

• In the glass, it has straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. It has a very elegant and complex nose: at first, it emits strong aromas of elder, sage, tomato leaves, green peppers and mint. Later white peach flesh, tropical fruit, grapefruit and sweet osmanthus flowers can be perceived.
• Soft and full to the palate, it is quickly pleasant and welcoming with a long-lasting mineral savory taste. Because of its seductive and aromatic persuasiveness and expressivity, all the aromatic notes come out.

When to drink:

• Sauvignon Blanc is a very food-friendly wine: fantastic with both cold and hot, or steamed, fish “antipasti”, cold smoked fish “carpaccio”, oysters, and also with sliced smoked meats. It is the only wine recognized as going well with sushi and sashimi. It goes with any first or second dishes based on fish or shellfish, even when stewed, white meats such as veal, chicken and rabbit. It also goes magnificently with all aromatic dishes, especially those containing tomatoes, peppers, coriander, raw garlic, strong smells such as smoked products or goat cheese. In Friulian cuisine, the ideal accompanying dishes are asparagus risotto, gnocchi with ricotta cheese and mint, eggs and asparagus, “sclopit” soup and wild herb omelets.
• Combination according to season: mushrooms.
• The Sauvignon Blanc grape has its origin as in south-west France in the Loire and Bordeaux regions and is also a part of the famous Sautemes-Barsac dessert wine. Its name derives from the French words “sauvage” (wild) and “blac” (white) because of its origin as a native white grape.
• Currently it is one of the most widely-drunk wines in the world, and the grape is grown in France, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Italy and California and has perceptibly different characteristics according to the different climatic conditions.