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9.2

The 2020 Vintage Tunina is smokey and understated in the glass, with mint and sage complementing crushed yellow apples. This enters the palate with a pleasant inner sweetness and soft textures, traversing candied citrus and saline-tinged orchard fruits. The 2020 finishes with decent length and concentration, leaving a salty flourish and crystalline mineral tones that add an almost crunchy sensation. That said, the 2020 could use more time in bottle to evolve aromatically. (Eric Guido, Vinous, April 2023) — a month ago

Steven Gullo

9.3

Medium-gold color. Honey, almonds, ginger, and baked pear, a touch of oxidation. Sweet at first, then finishes with a slight nutty bitterness. Superb with blood orange cake and vanilla gelato. — a year ago

Jamie Lauder

9.2

2016 Rocca Bernarda Novecento. Venezia Giulia IGT.
75 % Friulano, 24 % Ribolla Gialla , 1 % Picolit.
Winery established in 1559. Sandstone and marl soil. Stainless steel vats then the wine is rested 6 months on it’s lees for an amazing texture.
A nose of lemon balm, Asian pear and citrus rind.
Great mouth feel with flavours of golden apple, honey and pink grapefruit with a distinct minerality and acidity on the long finish.
We had ebi dashi kimchi hot pot with fresh shucked whole oysters thrown in.
A great match.
— 2 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.2

An unapologetic blend of sauvignon, chardonnay and a smaller part of the local Friuli grape Picolit. Ripe pear, pineapple, grass, lemon plum, cream cheese, curry leafs, ginger. Might be a few years of bottle age or skilful blending and winemaking (or both) but this is rather complex. Bravo! — 3 months ago

Randy Fuller

9.7

The 2018 Vespa Bianco is a blend of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grapes, grown in the hills of Premariacco and Cividale. The wine is fermented in half stainless steel tanks and half oak casks. Aging in the bottle lasts a year before release. A good portion of the lees - the spent yeast cells - are left in the wine, which enhances the mouthfeel.

This beautiful wine carries a golden hue in the glass and has a nose which features salinity as well as fruit. The aromas range from pears to guava to beeswax to lanolin. On the palate, there is bountiful salinity and minerality to meet the tropical fruit flavors. Acidity is fresh and zingy, too, so food pairing is simple.

— 8 months ago

Brian S

9.2

This is a very funky wine, similar to a Joly Chenin. Yellow apples, pear, orange, lemon, tangerine, beeswax. — 3 years ago

with Ellie

Matt Perlman

9.4

Mostly ribolla gialla. Nose has citrus, melon, camomile, straw, toasted almond. Palate continues that with some ripe melon and peach in the mix, oak is present but more texturally, imparting some roundness but with a crisp clean acidity. Absolutely beautiful — 6 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

Have to say one of the smoothest grappas I’ve had in some time. Have had Noninno many times but this one was exceptional. — 8 months ago

Keith M

9.0

凝縮した果実味、香り、旨味。黄桃、パイン、オイリーさも。
厚みがすごい。 — 2 years ago

Alan Russell

9.5

Almost Chardonnay like on nose, but so more on palate — 5 years ago