Formerly known as 'Tocai Friulano' up to the 2006 vintage, whose origins
date back to the early 17th century and the province of Gorizia in
Friuli-Venezia-Guilia, north-eastern Italy.
Friulano is a notable white wine grape in the DOCs of Colli Orientali del
Friuli, Collio, Isonzo, Grave del Friuli. It produces restrained
wines with delicate apricot, honeyed aromatics and a light-medium bodied,
minerally and almond palate, for early to medium term drinking, often
complemented by oak ageing. Miani,Canus andLis Neris are
responsible for fine examples. Interestingly, Tocai is also a synonym for
Sauvignonasse or Sauvignon Vert, often erroneously labelled as 'Sauvignon
Blanc' in S.America.