Bianco 'No Land Vineyard' Ferlat 2021

The Bianco ‘No Land Vineyard’ from the Friulian winery Ferlat represents a label that combines complexity and smoothness. It is a blend of three white grape varieties from the Collio tradition, processed through prolonged skin maceration. Since 1950, the Ferlat production entity has been dedicated to the cultivation of indigenous varieties in Cormons, in the province of Gorizia, but it was in 2000, with Moreno Ferlat, that the real qualitative turning point occurred. In fact, that year, production began to be bottled internally as well as being sold in bulk.

Ferlat Bianco ‘No Land Vineyard’ is an orange wine derived from a blend of Friulano (50%), Ribolla Gialla (30%), and Chardonnay (20%) from vines with an average age of 40 years. The three grapes, harvested at the same time aiming for an excellent average level of ripeness, are destemmed, pressed, and placed to ferment in cement tanks thanks to the exclusive intervention of indigenous yeasts. The contact between the fermenting must and the skins lasts for about 20 days, at the end of which pressing and spontaneous malolactic fermentation take place. Subsequently, the wine is partially placed in old tonneaux and partially in steel tanks for maturation of about a year on the fine lees.

The Friulian macerated white ‘No Land Vineyard’ by Ferlat has a straw yellow color with golden reflections. The olfactory panorama expresses hints of tropical fruit, citrus peel, white-fleshed fruit, aromatic herbs, acacia flowers, and jasmine. Fresh, lively, and smooth is the taste, not lacking in richness and complexity. The decisive savory trail and a very delicate tannic perception lead to the long finish consistent with the nose.