Vignai da Duline Chardonnay Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2023 Duck and leather

and leather

A wine in its infancy

yet it builds with time in the glass and shows more and more structure with air

So much ash

butter and flint on the nose

Vignai da Duline Chardonnay Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2023 Duck and leatherMost Pinot Grigio is drunk up immediately, and rightfully so: typical renditions range from thin and diluted at their worst to lean, crisp, and minerally at their best. But with Dulines Ronco Pitotti, made from vines sixty to eighty years old, that satiating stoniness we crave from Pinot Grigio dances over sublime golden fruit and a hint of toasted almond to give a bianco that is concentrated and fleshy, yet still supremely refreshing. With such