MDI Picolit 2023

MDI Picolit is a rare Friulian white grown at Mildura and fermented on skins.

Picolit is a nuisance to farm. It sets fruit badly and yields dismally, with three tonnes to the acre about the ceiling in a region where ten is not unusual, and for a wine like this that arithmetic is a gift. Even in Friuli it is scarce, with small bunches of thick-skinned berries in a sun-flecked gold. Fruit came off Denis Pasut's Mildura vineyard in early March, was destemmed and kept on skins right through to the final day of winter, then pressed to a couple of seasoned hogsheads where it sat undisturbed until bottling in July 2024.

Concentration is what you notice: dried apricot, honeycomb, bitter orange and a tannic, savoury finish, all of it dry. Pour at 12 to 14 degrees with a cheese board, roast pork belly, or a salad of bitter greens and walnuts.

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