Livio and Giorgio Marega AURORA Tocai Friulano Collio DOC

Started in 1905 by the estate's great-grandfather Ludvik Cresevec who bought 2ha in San Floriano the estate has passed down the generations and grown to its current size of 13.5ha . The vineyard plots are scattered throughout the locality: in Cero on the Slovenian border, Gradiscutta and Blanchis as well as San Floriano. The agriculture is organic with minimal treatments. The traditional Collio style is the focus of Livio and Giorgio Marega, with their challenge to get back to traditional methods in vinification. Holbar is a blend of Riesling Renano and Chardonnay displaying an intense yellow-gold colour it bequeathes delightful aromas of acacia flowers, honey and tropical fruit. The palate is marked by beautiful acidity and fantastic aromatic persistence. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation, is aged in Holbar with some time on the lees. (12 x 75 cl)

Started in 1905 by the estate's great-grandfather Ludvik Cresevec who bought 2ha in San Floriano the estate has passed down the generations and grown to its current size of 13.5ha . The vineyard plots are scattered throughout the locality: in Cero on the Slovenian border, Gradiscutta and Blanchis as well as San Floriano. The agriculture is organic with minimal treatments. The traditional Collio style is the focus of Livio and Giorgio Marega, with their challenge to get back to traditional methods in vinification, using the traditional barrels of two and five hectolitres, called "Holbar". These barrels were made of acacia, which give white wines great finesse and intense bouquet and elegant sweet tannins. (12 x 75 cl)

Started in 1905 by the estate's great-grandfather Ludvik Cresevec who bought 2ha in San Floriano the estate has passed down the generations and grown to its current size of 13.5ha . The vineyard plots are scattered throughout the locality: in Cero on the Slovenian border, Gradiscutta and Blanchis as well as San Floriano. The agriculture is organic with minimal treatments. The traditional Collio style is the focus of Livio and Giorgio Marega, with their challenge to get back to traditional methods in vinification, using the traditional barrels of two and five hectolitres, called "Holbar". These barrels were made of acacia, which give white wines great finesse and intense bouquet and elegant sweet tannins. (12 x 75 cl)

Started in 1905 by the estate's great-grandfather Ludvik Cresevec who bought 2ha in San Floriano the estate has passed down the generations and grown to its current size of 13.5ha . The vineyard plots are scattered throughout the locality: in Cero on the Slovenian border, Gradiscutta and Blanchis as well as San Floriano. The agriculture is organic with minimal treatments. The traditional Collio style is the focus of Livio and Giorgio Marega, with their challenge to get back to traditional methods in vinification, using the traditional barrels of two and five hectolitres, called "Holbar". These barrels were made of acacia, which give white wines great finesse and intense bouquet and elegant sweet tannins. Malvasia Istriana is made from vines up to 35-years-old located in Gradiscutta. 50% of the must is fermented in oak barrels called 'Holbar' and aged for at least eight months. The other 50% is stainless steel vinification. After extraction from the barrels, the two parts are assembled in a tank and remain there for almost one year. This wine has been made with great care from the vineyard to the winery to deliver an attractive straw yellow coloured wine with greenish tints, an extremely aromatic bouquet of vanilla, green pepper and sambuca. The finish is dry, full and persistent. (12 x 75 cl)

Piech COLLIO Tocai Friulano Collio Goriziano DOC from Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Collio Goriziano by Piech (6 x 75 cl)

In 1896 Eugenio Collavini, the founder, first supplied to the best Udinese's families his wines without ever imagining that a century later they would reach the world over A straw coloured wine with greenish reflections when young, it is fruity with a persistent nose showing distinctive notes of bitter almonds. The flavour is dry, full bodied, rounded on the palate, with an excellent lingering aroma and finish. (12 x 75 cl)

Vigneti Fantinel SANTA CATERINA Tocai Friulano Collio DOC from Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Collio Goriziano by Vigneti Fantinel (12 x 75 cl)

Fragrant and fruity with hints of almond and apple on the palate. Fresh, harmonious and clear flavour with a long finish. Gianni Vescovo’s prestigious winery in Farra d’Isonzo is based at the site of an old convent. The high-tech equipment installed by Vescovo in the late 1970’s contrasts the historic surroundings of the cellar. State of the art winemaking and low yielding vines come together in well-structured white wines from Vescovo’s 22 hectares in Collio (12 x 75 cl)

Peach blossom and blueberry bouquet, with a rounded palate, and pleasant, bitter finish. (6 x 75 cl)