Where grown: Friuli-Venezia Giulia. | Veneto: it is grown mainly around Treviso. The DOC wines are: Piave DOC, Venezia, and Lison-Pramaggiore DOC, but there are also IGT wines such as Alto Livenza, Colli Trevigiani, Marca Trevigiana IGT, and Delle Venezie.

Viticulture: Medium-sized bunches, with medium-sized and oval berries. It is a solid, dependble producer and a little bit sensitive to oidium (powdery mildew).

Wine style: Light-bodied. Subtle notes of white flowers and pear with a light underlying bitterness.

Bibliography

Dr Ian D’Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy (University of California Press, 2014).

Dr Ian d’Agata, Italy’s Native Wine Grape Terroirs (University of California Press, 2019).

Italian Wine Unplugged (Positive Press, 2017), p.218-9

Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).