This is a light and vivid red with crushed-berry and citrus character. It’s medium-to light-bodied with fine tannins that run the length of the wine. Delicate and delicious. Drink now.
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One of the most interesting hotbeds of white-wine production in Italy is Collio Goriziano, a stretch of the hilly border of Friuli with Slovenia. Good growing conditions for white grape varieties, a penchant for experimentation, and talented winemakers combine to put this out-of-the-way area on the wine map. Two of the top producers in Collio are Marco Felluga and Russiz Superiore, both of which are now under the leadership of sixth-generation Ilaria Felluga, who is following in the footsteps of her father, Roberto Felluga, and her grandfather, Marco Felluga. Both Roberto and Marco are icons for the region and were responsible for holding Collio to extremely high standards of production and viticulture.
The Felluga family traces its wine industry lineage to the late 1800s, when Ilaria Felluga’s great-great-great-grandfather Michele started a business buying and selling wines in Istria (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). Michele’s son Marco added winemaking to the business, growing grapes and making some wine on the family farm just south of Trieste in what is now southwestern Slovenia. After World War I, Marco’s son Giovanni continued the family wine trade, selling Istrian wine in Trieste and in Grado in southern Friuli. He also opened a cellar in Gradisca d’Isonzo in Collio in 1938, but World War II soon broke out, disrupting life for a decade.
After the war, Istria became part of Soviet-dominated Yugoslavia, the family lost their farm there, and Collio became their home. Two of Giovanni’s seven children ultimately established wineries in the vicinity. Marco Felluga, after graduating from the renowned enology school in Conegliano, worked for his elder brother Livio for a while, before Livio left to open his own winery in Rosazzo. Marco stayed in the walled 15th-century fortress town of Gradisca d’Isonzo and founded his eponymous winery in 1956.
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LOCATIONWINERY: Gradisca d’Isonzo (Gorizia province), Friuli–Venezia Giulia VINEYARD: Collio area (Gorizia province), Friuli–Venezia Giulia VIEW IN GOOGLE MAPS REGION DETAILS |
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JUNE 2021
Marco Felluga “Ronco dei Moreri” Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Venezia Giulia IGT 2018
This is a light and vivid red with crushed-berry and citrus character. It’s medium-to light-bodied with fine tannins that run the length of the wine. Delicate and delicious. Drink now. 90
AUGUST 2023
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC 2022
Sliced apple, citrus fruit and white flower undertones. Medium-bodied, fresh and clean on the palate. Straightforward and fruity with a vivid finish. Drink now. 91
JANUARY 2021
Marco Felluga "Maralba" Ribolla Gialla Collio DOC 2019
The 2019 Ribolla Gialla Maralba stands out for its rich and earthy personality. Layers of ripe apricot, apple and sweet spice give way to notes of candied ginger and floral undergrowth. The textures are silky, coasting across a medium-bodied frame with building tension, as ripe orchard fruits give way to zesty green citrus. It’s structured yet clean and balanced, with lasting minerality. 93
AUGUST 2021
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC Riserva 2017
Dried apples, mango pudding, white pepper, vanilla and cedar on the nose. It’s full-bodied, creamy and concentrated. Rich, round and buttery expression of pinot grigio. Drink now. 92
JANUARY 2021
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC Riserva 2017
The 2017 Pinot Grigio Mongris Riserva is sweetly perfumed and exotic, as dried peaches and nectarine give way to notes of lemon confit, white smoke and vanilla bean. It has suave, silky textures that coast across a medium-bodied frame, all held in perfect balance by vibrant acids. Ripe apples, pears, melon and even a spearmint freshness make an appearance, marked by stimulating minerality, all under an air of sweet florals. This extroverted and structured Pinot Grigio is sure to win a lot of fans and excel over the medium term in our cellars. The Mongris gains its character and richness through partial fermentation in five hectoliter oak barrels, followed by two years refining on the lees prior to bottling. 90
APRIL 2022
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC 2020
The sweetly scented 2020 Pinot Grigio Mongris soothes with it’s bouquet of white flowers, ripe pear and hints of vanilla bean. It’s round and enveloping with a stimulating core of zesty green citrus and brisk acids that create wonderful contrasts. This leaves the palate buzzing with residual tension, while tapering off long, spicy and perfumed. 91
JANUARY 2021
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC 2019
The 2019 Pinot Grigio Mongris is a spicy, savory expression of the grape, fresh and more floral than fruity. It’s silky textures usher in citrus-tinged orchard fruits and salty minerals, creating an energetic and tactile display. Hints of lime and residual acids sizzle through the finale, making it hard to resist another sip. 90
NOVEMBER 2020
Marco Felluga “Mongris” Pinot Grigio Collio DOC 2019
If you are curious about the wines of the Marco Felluga winery, check out the 2019 "Mongris" Pinot Grigio (yes, Pinot Grigio) from Collio - and forget any stereotypes of Pinot Grigio as basically a crisp, straightforward, simple white wine. Here you’ll find notes of lemon, apple, pear and peach in a medium-bodied white with rich texture. |