Brandino Brandolini Proprietor CONTE BRANDOLINI FRIULI, ITALY
“Vistorta” Merlot 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 wines represents the history and versatility of winemaking in Friuli. The Vistorta estate is nearly 500 acres in total with 100 acres of vineyards comprised of Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Fruiliano, Chardonnay, Glera, and Cabernet Sauvignon. 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 malolactic fermentation occurs in distinctive Pinot Grigio style which is richer and temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for more complex ten days • The wine 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