Friulano Dario Coos 2024

The Friulano by Dario Coos is an intense, fresh, and varietal white wine, where the fruit, with its different nuances ranging from exotic to almond, stands out both on the nose and palate, where a good sapidity is also perceived. A bottle that pairs easily with first and second courses of fish, prepared in various ways, that can be opened now but is not afraid to remain in the bottle for another couple of years.  

The Friulano is produced by the Dario Coos winery starting from different vineyard parcels included within the DOC of the Colli Orientali del Friuli, one of the most vocated areas regionally for viticulture. We are within a terroir of Eocene origin, locally called “ponca.” Manual harvesting takes place during the second decade of September, and the bunches, as soon as they are picked, are destemmed. After a gentle pressing of the grapes, the must ferments in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature, remaining then in contact with the fine lees for a few months, followed by bottling and market release.

The white Friulano Coos presents itself to the eye with a typically straw-yellow color, endowed with a beautiful brightness and characterized by slight reflections tending more towards greenish. The fruit first peeks through on the nose, with various hints, while gradually floral touches are also perceived. On the palate, it is light-bodied, with a slim, pleasant, and refreshing sip, clearly aromatic in imprint; in the finish, a slight balsamic sensation ignites. A label that tells the story of the native grape that, perhaps more than others, identifies Friulian viticulture, in a concrete, solid, and sincere interpretation.