Brandino Brandolini Proprietor CONTE BRANDOLINI , ITALY

“Vistorta” Venezia Giulia IGT Pinot Grigio, Friuli Grave DOC Merlot, Friuli Grave DOC

Conte Brandolini owns the 325-acre Cordignano estate in the Province of Treviso, where Pinot Grigio, originally cultivated throughout northeastern Italy, is grown. The soil in Friuli creates a distinctive Pinot Grigio style which is richer and more complex. The historical estate has been owned by the Brandolini family since 1780 and their line of estate-bottled represents the history and versatility of in Friuli. The Vistorta estate is nearly 500 acres in total with 100 acres of comprised of Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Fruiliano, , , and . CONTE BRANDOLINI

CONTE BRANDOLINI CONTE BRANDOLINI MERLOT, FRIULI GRAVE DOC PINOT GRIGIO, FRIULI GRAVE DOC Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

• 100% Estate merlot grapes • The sandy, gravelly soils of this area creates a • Alcoholic and occurs in distinctive Pinot Grigio style which is richer and temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for more complex ten days • The is refined in concrete tanks for • Refined for 5 months in third passage barriques approximately six months before being bottled then permanence in concrete tanks before • 100% Pinot Grigio being bottled at the end of 2011 • Fruity, with pronounced scents of acacia flowers •  Fruity, slightly herbaceous, with distinct and apple raspberry fragrance in youth, in time acquiring •  Elegant and fruity in the mouth; full-bodied aromatic complexity and notes of cherry, berry and well structured; a very persistent finish and violets

CONTE BRANDOLINI 90 “VISTORTA” MERLOT, POINTS 2012 VENEZIA GIULIA IGT WINE SPECTATOR 8/17 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

• Various parcels of wine are tasted and the best selected for the final Vistorta blend • Ageing for 12 months in French barriques, the blend is fined with egg white and bottled without filtration • 100% Merlot •  Medium-bodied and well structured, with rich, concentrated flavors of black currant and wild berries set against a backdrop of silky tannins; a powerful yet elegant wine