Vie di Romans Dessimis Pinot Grigio 2023
£36.75
The wine
Sweet pastry aromas, Williams pear skin and yellow fruit, with real weight behind.
Dessimis is a nine-hectare vineyard in two parcels, and the Pinot Grigio here is given skin contact in the old Friulian manner: the grape has pink-grey skins, and letting the juice sit on them draws colour and texture the pale international style never sees. Vie di Romans is Gianfranco Gallo estate at Mariano del Friuli in the Isonzo, built up since he took over from his father in 1978 and among the most admired white wine producers in Italy.
The producer
Vie di Romans
View all Vie di Romans winesVie di Romans is a benchmark estate of Friuli, in Italy's cool north-east, and one of the country's finest names for white wine. Under Gianfranco Gallo, who transformed his family's holdings, it has earned a reputation for whites of remarkable texture, depth and precision.
The vineyards lie in the gravelly Isonzo plain, where free-draining soils and a favourable climate give ripe yet vibrant fruit. Low yields and patient cellar work, often with extended lees ageing, build the wines' signature richness.
The estate Chardonnay and Piere Sauvignon Blanc are among Italy's most admired whites, while the Dessimis Pinot Grigio shows just how serious that often-humble grape can be.
Polished, profound and unmistakably Friulian, these are whites for the cellar and the fine table. Discover one of Italy's great white-wine estates.
