Sauvignon DOC 2020 Livio Felluga

The vine, of French origin, was introduced in Friuli during the domination of the Habsburgs and was disclosed in the early 1900s. Livio Felluga's Sauvignon is the finest expression of the vine on the terroir of the Friulian hills. A tribute to his own hills is the famous map label with which Livio Felluga won the favor of the world, telling the story of an Italy that was able to "believe in the power of the hills" when it was the factories that attracted workers, transmitting to his children and his bottles, the love for the land and the passion for wine.

• Features: The Sauvignon DOC 2019 "Livio Felluga" is a fresh and captivating wine, with unmistakable and multiple aromas in which notes of exotic fruit, yellow pepper, tomato leaves, mint, lantana and boxwood stand out. It is a traditional Friulian wine that has a straw yellow colour with slight green reflections; full, bright and fresh. The perfume is intense, typical, elegant and articulated.
• Tasting: The richness of aromas highlights the fruit with blackcurrant, passion fruit , the white melon; flowers with lantana, elderflower, orange blossom; spices with chilli and ginger; and freshness with lemon grass, oregano, marjoram and mint leaves. The varietal notes of boxwood and tomato leaf are combined with slight citrus hints of lime and grapefruit. The taste is broad, fresh, rich and balanced. The complexity of the aromas finds excellent correspondence on the palate. Hints of lime and sage blend with an explosion of tropical fruit and ripe fruit. Great freshness, pleasant sapidity and balanced acidity. Excellent as an aperitif, it goes very well with asparagus, vegetable soups, vegetable soups and marinated fish.
• Pairings: A versatile wine, which goes well with appetizers, but also fish dishes. I find myself in an area where it is easy to pick wild asparagus which, cooked with fresh eggs, find their worthy companion in this fresh and decisive wine just like them.

SIZE / WEIGHT: 0,75 l bottles.

ORIGIN: Friuli Venezia Giulia.

GRAPES: 100% Sauvignon.

ALCOHOL: 13% vol.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: Temperature between 8/10°.

STORAGE METHOD: in a cool place away from sunlight.

SPECIFIC NOTES: Contains sulphites.

PRODUCER: Livio Felluga - Corno di Rosazzo (UD).

History of Livio Felluga

It is easy to understand how the story of Livio Felluga and his wine is intertwined with the story of that particular land that surrounds the extreme north-east of the Adriatic, the point of contact between the Mediterranean and central Europe. History of borders changed several times, empires disappeared, past wars. of people who stopped here. It is the story of a man who went through two world wars, lived first in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and then in the young Kingdom of Italy, lived on the rocky coast of the Istrian peninsula and in the lagoon Grado. Livio Felluga moved to Friuli in the late 1930s, to settle on the gentle foothills of the Rosazzo hills. His dream of producing hill wine was interrupted by his call to the front. As if that weren't enough, the return to Italy was not easy for the veterans of the Second World War: the physical, political and ethnic borders had changed, distorted forever, like the agricultural and social landscape of the hill itself. The peasant population was leaving, further impoverishing the land and abandoning the crops, values and traditions associated with it. Livio Felluga had to undertake a new battle to resurrect the hill, convinced that only the rebirth of quality cultivation could bring life back to the Friuli countryside. With great courage he began to restore the ancient vineyards of Rosazzo and plant new ones, introducing innovative ideas and methods. Hard work, undertaken with great stubbornness and passion which over the years will lead him to create one of the most beautiful and significant companies in the Belpaese, acquiring the rightful title of re-founder of the Friulian winemaking tradition and reference actor of the Italian wine renaissance .