Meet our Newest Wine: Scarbolo Pinot Grigio
The grape: Pinot Grigio
Pinot Grigio is a popular grape that is planted widely. It likely originated in France, where it is known as Pinot Gris, from the ancestral Pinot grape. It is grown in northern Italy in Friuli Venezia Giulia, among other places. The resulting wine from this region can be heavenly. Flavors are sharp and concentrated, fruits include peach, pear, and apple. Almonds and honey might be found, and there is a strong backbone of minerality. These are elegant and distinctive wines.
The wine: Scarbolo Pinot Grigio from Friuli Grave DOC
100% hand-harvested Pinot Grigio. It’s aged on the lees for 6 months, which gives it a creamy texture and added depth. The wine has the crisp minerality and fullness of fruit for which the area is known, along with fuller, honeyed notes. This is a delightful wine from the famed Scarbolo estate, which is found in Friuli Venezia Giulia, near the border with Slovenia.
Fun fact: Scarbolo is located in the town of Lauzacco, in Pavia di Udine. Lauzacco lies roughly equi-distant from the two, important, Roman towns of Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli) and Aquileia; the two succeeded each other as primary Roman centers in the 1st half of the 1st millennium AD. The whole area formed the Empire’s northeastern frontier, and was thus in the path of invading Longobards, Visigoths, and Ostrogoths, the former of whom made Cividale the first capital of their Lombard Kingdom. It has episodically been part of the Roman, Lombard, Byzantine, Venetian, Lombard-Venetian, and Italian Kingdoms/Empires/Republics.
