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• Score: 93 Vintage 2022 The Wine Advocate Opening to a mildly copper-tinged appearance, the Vie di Romans 2022 Friuli Isonzo Pinot Grigio Dessimis rests on the lees in barrique for nine months to produce extra textural richness and softness. This wine offers a very pretty bouquet with elegant hints of grapefruit, Pink Lady apple and dragon fruit. There is a hint of the exotic, but it remains very mild. In all, I would describe this as a classic Friuli Pinot Grigio profile. Production is 66,000 bottles. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 91 Vintage 2022 James Suckling A pale pink pinot grigio with quite exotic notes of fruit, peach tea, pepper, spices and minerals. Firm acidity on the palate, with a medium body and a tight, savory aftertaste. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 91 Vintage 2022 Vinous Media The 2022 Pinot Grigio Dessimis is delicately floral in the glass, boasting a coppery-orange color. Dried apricots, almond paste, peaches and lifting hints of mint form its bouquet. The palate is soft and enveloping, nearly juicy in feel, with ripe orchard fruits balanced by brisk acidity and tactile mineral tones. The 2022 finishes long, staining and lightly structured, with lingering nectarine and spice nuances. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2022 Wine Spectator This is a ramato-style Pinot Grigio -- broad and creamy on the palate and lightly tawny in color. A spine of well-cut acidity enlivens flavors of baked peach and apricot, blanched almond and chamomile, plus a touch of spun honey that lingers on the spiced finish. Drink now through 2028. 5500 cases made, 675 cases imported. – Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2021 James Suckling This has more of a peachy color with ripe stone fruit, sliced apples, savory herbs, spices, praline and crushed stones. Medium- to full-bodied, chalky and slightly phenolic with some salty character to it. Creamy finish. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2021 Wine Spectator A ramato-style Pinot Grigio, this is a light, tawny pink hue, with a subtle chalkiness to the texture as it carries a rich range of baked apricot, dried white cherry and salted Marcona almond flavors, revealing accents of vanilla, singed orange peel and dried lemon thyme. Boasts bright acidity that buoys the expressive flavor profile through to the lingering, creamy finish. Drink now through 2030. 1,500 cases made, 500 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2021 Decanter This Pinot Grigio means business. From late–picked, low–yielding vineyards in Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte, this pale copper–hued Pinot Grigio has a delicate strawberry scent and an intense, saline and mineral palate with spicy melon, pear, apple and apricot skin flavours. From two separate parcels, this food-friendly single-vineyard Pinot Grigio spends nine months on the lees and at least another eight in bottle. It has a delicate strawberry scent bolstered by an intense, saline and mineral mouthful of spicy melon, pear, apple and apricot skin. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2021 Vinous Media The 2021 Pinot Grigio Dessimis lifts from the glass with exotic florals, sweet spices and peach. This opens with a burst of inner sweetness, complicated by zesty acidity and mineral tones, as a vivid note of ripe pear evolves on the palate. This finishes classically dry and slightly grippy, leaving nuances of white strawberry and rosy inner florals to linger. The 2021 is a more mellow edition of Dessimis, yet enjoyable all the same. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 94 Vintage 2020 James Suckling Rose-gold color. Lots of sliced peaches and strawberries with hints of cotton candy. Medium to full body, a creamy texture and a fresh finish. Rose blossom and oranges at the end. Special wine. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2020 Wine Enthusiast This copper-colored Pinot Grigio (better known as Ramato in Friuli) is a pure delight. Aromas of strawberry and cherry mix with peach and crisp apples as if the best fruit salad were in your glass. Subtle hints of mint, fresh flowers and sweet spice dance between the fruit aromas. The palate is forward but is pulled together with a nervy strain of acidity from beginning to end. This is a wine that crosses so many culinary boundaries that it warrants experimenting and having some fun. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 91 Vintage 2020 Wine Spectator This Pinot Gris is a pale tawny-pink hue and light- to medium-bodied. Lightly chalky in texture and juicy on the palate, with a refreshing tang of salinity layered with baked white peach, blanched almond and delicate hints of ground ginger, lemon thyme and smoke. Drink now through 2027. 1,500 cases made, 50 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 89 Vintage 2020 Vinous Media The color of the 2020 Pinot Grigio Dessimis is nearly translucent copper, wafting up with alluring notes of almond paste, white flowers and Asian pear. It’s soft and pliant, matching its ripe orchard fruit with zesty acids and minerals, yet I find it lacking a bit of the depth of better vintages. It finishes long, staining and lightly structured, yet leaves the palate refreshed. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2019 Wine Spectator This is lightly copper-colored in hue, offering appealing aromas and flavors of ripe apricot and yellow peach, passionfruit coulis, chopped hazelnut, verbena and spun honey. Lightly chalky in texture, with well-cut acidity providing definition for the lush range of flavors. Mouthwatering and well-spiced finish. Drink now through 2026. 1,500 cases made, 500 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2019 James Suckling Slightly rosé color here. It’s deep and intense, showing dried apples and spices with some pomegranate and rust undertones. Red apples, too. Full-bodied, dense and flavorful. Rather chewy at the end. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 96 Vintage 2018 James Suckling Beautiful rose-gold color with lots of ripe pear, golden apple, mango and pineapple on the nose. Hint of honey. It’s full-bodied and creamy on the palate with toasted almonds alongside tropical fruit. Smoky minerality, too. Drink or hold. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 94 Vintage 2018 Wine Advocate The Vie di Romans 2018 Friuli Isonzo Pinot Grigio Dessimis boasts a pale copper color with amber and peachy pink highlights. This vintage is not as wide or as texturally generous as the 2017 vintage also tasted in this report. However, the 2018 offers lifted, sharp fruit that is delineated and pure. Those subtle mineral nuances also appear with more clarity. There is tart berry, white cherry, wild mint and bitter almond. I also taste a mild tannic crunch. That structure comes from extended maceration on Pinot Grigio skins, as does the wine's pretty color. It would be interesting to check in on its evolution in five year's time. The wine ages on the lees for two months in French barrique. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2018 Vinous Media The 2018 Pinot Grigio Dessimis is a pleasure to taste and also to look at with its beautiful orange, almost-amber color. Notes of dried apricot and peach take on a yellow citrus twang, with hints of almond paste adding an alluring richness. It’s textural and soothing on the senses without a hard edge in sight; instead coasting effortlessly across the palate with ripe orchard fruits, young mango and a hint of exotic spice. An inner sweetness lingers with an air of brown butter and hazelnut. The Dessimis is matured all in stainless steel and takes its color from spending ten months on the fine lees. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2018 Wine Spectator A vibrant, light- to medium-bodied version, this Pinot Grigio is the pale pink of ballet slippers. Lightly chalky in texture, offers an expressive range of flavors, including peach skin, almond biscotti, candied pink grapefruit zest and a hint of lemon thyme. A tang of salinity shows on the mouthwatering finish. Drink now through 2026. 4,000 cases made, 500 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2017 James Suckling A beautifully colored and intense pinot grigio with sliced cooked apples and peaches and hints of watermelon and almonds. Full body. Very creamy texture and a flavorful finish. Drink or hold. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2017 Wine Spectator Pale copper in color, with a pretty, aromatic profile of ginger, cardamom, graphite and leather notes. Flavors of baked white cherry and blood orange peel are backed by tangy acidity. Drink now through 2023. 4,000 cases made, 500 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2017 Wine and Spirits This is a rich and flamboyant pinot grigio, its juicy flavors of pale strawberry and peach overshadowed by notes of toasted nuts and spice from nine months in barriques. The warm, weighty finish is refreshed by balancing mandarin-like acidity. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2016 Wine Advocate The 2016 Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte Pinot Grigio Dessimis is classified as a white, but it is really a ramato, or copper in color, reflecting the real color of this grape's skins. Slightly reductive in nature, it brings out notes of cranberry and bright cassis with some white cherry as well. It was fermented in steel and aged on the lees in barrique. This is a very interesting wine that would make a good pairing with sliced porchetta. Exactly 52,286 bottles were released. Shelf Talker Full Page Review