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• Carib Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 25, 2021 - Light orange tone, grapefruit / citrus flavors and pleasing minerality. Tasted more distinctive during these cold winter months (February), versus the slight generic flavors I remember from drinking last summer. Structure and balance have improved. Good producer, honest work. Still getting better with time. No need to rush - drink for another 2-3 years.

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• battytaxicab Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 2, 2020 - More of a little rose hue than orange. Buttery lemon aroma with some fruit. Good crisp acidity that give a good and pleasing length

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• M57 Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 31, 2020 - Pale salmon color. Big mouthfeel. Peach liquor and florals. VG value.

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• MikeJK Likes this wine:

  November 23, 2019 - Fine for weekday drinking though I was hoping for a bit more texture/tannin and character from Collio.

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• Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 2, 2019 - Veni, Vidi, Venica
  
  I know for sure that the real saying is: “Veni, Vidi, Vici” which is Latin for "I came; I saw; I conquered."
  
  I know that for sure as I took 2 semesters of Latin in high school. Big Question: WHY?
  
  I’ll need to take you back a few years, well a little more than a few, more like A LOT! I wanted to take Latin as a young boy because I had an interest in science. I had a room full of chemicals (all legal) at my disposal to mix and concoct experiments to see what I could come up with. Fortunately for our family, I never blew anything up or caused any personal harm to anyone, even me!
  
  So when it came time to talk with the counselor about my future endeavors, I told her that science was in my future (boy, I wasn’t even close), so she recommended that I take Latin as my second language instead of Spanish or French or something else and that Latin was used for scientific studies. A side note, I did pretty well, think I even aced it.
  
  Other than this particular Latin Phrase, generally attributed to Julius Caesar, just popped into my head when I decided to write about this wine, there is no reason, oh wait, there is one reason; Julius Caesar was part of the Roman empire and it happens that this wine, while not from Rome, does hale from Italy!
  
  Bordering Slovenia and within the Fruili region of Northeastern Italy, comes this Pinot Grigio from the Collio DOC. Family-owned since 1930, and nestled between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps, this unique climate produced this wonderful wine and one that I had to refamiliarize myself with, especially after seeing an e-mail ad for the wine that I remembered from the days at the wine shop.
  
  Should you be familiar with Pinot Grigio from certain areas of Italy, it will not come as a surprise that this is what can most assuredly be called an “Orange” wine. That’s a term being tossed around these days making it sound like it’s something new, when, in fact, it is old, even older than me!
  
  Orange wine is produced by leaving the skins (normally of white grapes) in contact with the juice for a while. In the case of Pinot Grigio, it’s important to note that the grapes have grayish-blue fruit. This leads to that orange tinge the wine exhibits. (See photos). You may also hear the term “Ramato,” which means “auburn” in Italian and describes the color variation. When you combine that with the 10% juice that is fermented and aged on the lees for five months in 20-27 hl barrels while the remainder is in steel tanks, you get a wine of richness and depth; that was what made it my “go-to” Pinot Grigio at the shop.
  
  At first sight, you might confuse it for a Rosé, with a light pink hue, even the first sip carries a whisp of strawberry along with crisp acidity and a stone fruit quality. Finishing with a slightly dry repose making this an excellent wine for seafood and lighter fare. Just as I remember the wine many years ago.
  
  If you love Pinot Grigio, or even a great Rosé, you should give this wine a try. I think it will please a bevy of white and pink wine drinkers alike. While there are less expensive Pinot Grigios out there, at around $20 it will be hard to find this quality of wine for that price!
  
  Cheers

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Venica & Venica
• Varietal Pinot Grigio
• Designation Jesera
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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• Appellation Collio

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