2020 Miani - Friuli Colli Orientali Rosso (750ml) available at Manhattan Wine Company in New York, NY

Miani Colli Orientali del Friuli "Rosso di Miani" 2019 | Other Red Blends from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

75% Merlot/25% Pignolo. The vines are planted on ponca, a compressed, flaky clay of marl and sandstone that is typical in this part of Friuli. They grow on a south-facing slope right by the winery;…

The grapes macerate and ferment in oak vats for 30/60 days. They then age in used barriques for five years. Bottle aging depends on the vintage (average of five years).

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Exclusively composed of the local Ribolla grape; fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground; long maceration with wild yeasts and no temperature control; after fermentation, the wine rests…

Miani's Enzo Pontoni stands head and shoulders above most of his winemaking peers — both literally and figuratively. The nearly seven-foot tall Pontoni towers in the vineyard, but he knows his vines…