Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Nero 2023 NO20230705 and the family has worked

and the family has worked without synthetic chemicals for decades (now certified organic)

2017 was the frost year

and Tuesday nights

along a geological fault

Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Nero 2023 NO20230705 and the family has workedFriuli's Colli Orientali is one of those border regions where the conventional Italian script gets thrown out and Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) has a quiet but real history here. Tunella's version comes from the Zorzettig family's vineyards on ponca, the marl and sandstone soils that give Friuli whites their saline tension and lend Pinot a surprising lift. The wine is medium bodied, perfumed, and fresh closer in spirit to a cool climate Alpine Pinot than