Miani, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia
Showing 1-4 out of 4 items
Hide All Details
New To BBX
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£675.00
See All Listings
Miani, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia,
Ready, but will keep,
An attractive, luminous, mid-straw colour, with a bright attack, the body is fresh and the crisp acidity brings definition to the mid-palate. There are nuances of ripe yellow fruit as well as hints of nutty and floral complexity on the nose and palate. Excellent concentration leads to a lingering finish.
Drink 2016-2022.
Drink 2016-2022.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£405.00
See All Listings
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£575.00
See All Listings
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£675.00
See All Listings
Showing 1-4 out of 4 items
Enzo Pontoni is arguably Italy's finest white winemaker, responsible for the uncompromisingly taut, minerally precise wines of Miani.
Drawing on the famous 'ponca'/marl & limestone soils of the Colli Orientali del Friuli, a continental viticultural DOC sandwiched between Udine & the Slovenian border, north of Trieste, Enzo has tended 10 hillside hectares of high-density (6-7,000 plants/ha) organic vineyards near the village of Buttrio since 1985, producing a range of quivering whites & statuesque reds.
Yields are critically low at approx 20 hectolitres/hectare while vinification typically consists of barrel fermentation in 40% new french oak, no malolactic fermentation (for the whites, except for the Chardonnay) or temperature control. He also produces two reds: a rich but suave Merlot from fifteen separate parcels and the flagship of the estate, 'Calvari', made from 100% Refosco, densely packed with crunchy blackberry fruit & aged in 100% new oak. Recently he has begun consulting at the Az. Agr. Davino Meroi estate, also based in Buttrio.