Post fermentation wine spent 9 month on lees and further 8 months in the bottle.
It is straw yellow. It smells of tropical fruit, apricots, mango and bananas. Also present are pleasant spicy and vanilla scents. The palate is enveloping, with a style that emphasizes richness and volume. Exceptional balance that lasts for all persistence. With all the elements falling into place beautifully, this is a chardonnay in which drinkers will find many things to appreciate. A beautiful wine that will cellar up to 20 years.
Polished, clear and silky, the Vie di Romans 2018 Friuli Isonzo Chardonnay Vie di Romans is a beautifully balanced wine that gives equal weight to the intensity and quality of the fruit and the abundantly enriched texture of the mouthfeel. This is Chardonnay presented in 360-degree splendor with peach, melon, honey, pastry crust and cream custard. Ten months of aging on the yeasts gives the wine added dimension and opulent richness. Saffron, spice, cumin and fragrant sandstone are intermingled on the long and silky finish.
95 pts - Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate, Feb 2021, Drink 2021-2030.