2021 i Clivi Friulano Galea, Friuli

Peach flowers, pink grapefruit, anise. Profound, dense and intense. Old school Friulano, classic, earthy, deep, strongly expressive of the terroir from which it comes (vineyard exposed to the south, south/east, beaten by the sun all day). Almonds, flint, honey, anise.

The wines of i Clivi are born in Friuli in between the Collio Goriziano and the eastern hills of Udine, named Colli Orientali, where, on sunny slopes – clivi meaning “slopes” – we cultivate 12 hectares of certified organic vineyards planted with the indigenous varieties Ribolla, Friulano, Verduzzo and Malvasia, whose only international grape is Merlot, a variety which found home in this area more than a century ago. Taking care of this important heritage of old vines, aged between 60 and 80 years, it is for us a reminder of the responsibility with which we guard and we produce wine on this strip of land, giving us the chance to express two distinct D.O.C. denominations.