Livio Felluga Vertigo Rosso 2022
£25.75
The wine
Fruity cherry, blackberry, pine and nettle with undertones of cocoa powder. Supple on the palate.
Vertigo blends Merlot with Cabernet Sauvignon. Friuli grows a good deal of both, planted in the nineteenth century and long enough established to be treated as local rather than imported, and on the friable marl of the Colli Orientali they come out leaner and more savoury than in Bordeaux. Livio Felluga is one of the founding names of modern Friulian wine, whose landmark Terre Alte was first made in 1981.
The producer
Livio Felluga
View all Livio Felluga winesLivio Felluga is the most celebrated estate of Friuli, in Italy's north east. Livio himself emigrated from Istria and established his property in Brazzano in the 1950s, convinced of the potential of the Colli Orientali long before others.
The estate farms the region's finest hillside vineyards, and its landmark Terre Alte, first made in 1981, remains one of Italy's greatest white wines. Under winemaker Andrea Felluga, tradition is married with a forward looking eye for detail.
The range is broad and distinguished, from benchmark Friulano, Pinot Grigio and the Sharis blend to the flagship Terre Alte, the refined Illivio and single vineyard wines such as Sigar and Curubella.
Layered, textural and utterly distinctive, Livio Felluga's wines are the benchmark for Friuli. They combine richness with freshness and a strong sense of place. This is Italian white wine at the very highest level.
