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Friuli Colli Orientali Cabernet DOC is a soft, round and pleasant red wine, best if served within the first 2-3 years. The wine is either made from the rarely seen Cabernet Franc or from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes (85-100%) with the permitted addition of local red grapes (0-15%).
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This red wine can be compared to the other Schioppettino-based wine from the main zone. Friuli Colli Orientali Cialla Schioppettino DOC is grown further north, around the city of Cialla and in the subzone bearing the same name. The grape is Schioppettino (100%).
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Although the local Pignolo grape (85-100%) had a fairly anonymous existence for several years, the red wine made from this variety, in recent years has emerged as a wine with its own stubborn, individual character. There may be added other local red grapes (0-15%).
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Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino DOC has often been called a red wine for the connoisseurs. The grape comes from a wild variety with a rather difficult name, Schioppettino (85-100%), but rest assured, the grape is also known as Ribolla Nera. It is permitted to add other local red grapes (0-15%).
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Did you know?
That Italy in 2011 was the worlds largest wine producer?
Ancient Romans loved the wine from Picenum, what is now Marche, and fossils show that wine has been produced here since the Iron Age.
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