On Wednesday, June 27th, 2007, we will be tasting Tenuta Luisa wines at Enoteca Drago. Translated (loosely) below are the wine descriptions from their website. Please visit Tenuta Luisa to learn more about this wonderful Friulian winery.
Tocai Friulano
DOC Isonzo of the Friuli
Variety of the grapes: 100% Tocai Friulano
Maturation: 7 months steel, 2 months bottle
Organolettiche characteristics: representative of the enologia and the viticulture of Friuli. Intense yellow color; it introduces famous florals and yields aromas that reflect the characteristic scent of bitter almond. Rigorously dry taste, but with moderated acidity, always round, wide, velvety.
Temperature of service: 10°-12° C.
Sauvignon Blanc
DOC Isonzo of the Friuli
Variety of the grapes: 100% Sauvignon
Maturation: 7 months steel, 2 months bottle
Organolettiche characteristics: of golden yellow color. Very fine with a bouquet that remembers the sage, the capsicum, the tomato leaf. Wine of great structure and at the same time equipped of optimal acidity.
Gastronomic coupling: first plates complemented by the decided taste, fruits of sea and crustaceans
Temperature of service: 10°-12° C.
Cabernet Franc
Characteristics: Land and microclimate, but also a tradition perpetuated by generations of viticulture concur to giving to this wine one rare personality. Intense, herbaceous, typically aciduous and of body, but above all, an unsurpassable nobility of aromas and scents, harmonic and refined.
Gastronomic coupling: it is a great wine with game, red meats (roasted and grilled) but also well seasoned Montasio cheese.
Temperature of service: 15°-17°.
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Characteristics: intense, tannic, low alcohol
Scent: vinoso-yielded, with clear scent of wild raspberry and mora, herbaceous, personalized. It pleasantly assumes a wide bouquet.
Gastronomico coupling: it is wine for all meals, excluding fish. Particularly it is paired well with the regional dishes of Friulani.
Temperature of service: 15°-17°.
