Jermann Vintage Tunina 2019

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Jermann
Vintage Tunina 2019

Vintage : 2019
Country : Italy
Region : Friuli
Subregion :
Type : White
Style : Creamy Full Bodied White
Format : 75cl
Alcohol : 13,5°
Grappes : 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Malvasia Istriana, 22% Ribolla Gialla, 5% Picolit

Experts		Score	Vintage
JS	James Suckling	97	2019
WE	Wine Enthusiast	95	2018
RP	Robert Parker	94	2016
DCT	Decanter	92	2015
WS	Wine Spectator	93	2014

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Description
Reviews

Vintage Tunina from Sauvignon grapes, Chardonnay with Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia Istriana and Picolit added.

It should be noted that this is a genuine field blend. It has a brilliant straw-yellow colour with golden highlights. Its aroma is intense, full, with enormous elegance and persistence, and with hints of honey and wild flowers. Its taste is dry, velvety, and very well-orchestrated, with an exceptional persistence due to its particularly full body.

It is paired with truffled first courses, with a great variety of fish dishes, especially oven-baked fish and fish in sauce, and it can easily be drunk with white meats. We have a particularly good memory of this wine with a pillow of fresh salmon stuffed with parmesan and artichoke. (Daniele Cernilli)

James Suckling (JS) : 97 Points (2019)

Such beautiful aromas of sliced pears, green apples, white peaches and lychee fruit. Full-bodied and very reserved, but the complexity and beauty here are so apparent. Give this wine time to show the complexity and allure. One of the great whites of Italy, as always.

Wine Enthusiast (WE) : 95 Points (2018)

One of Friuli's most iconic wines, this racy, elegant white opens with enticing scents of white spring flowers, orchard fruit, citrus and wet stone. Savory and vibrant, the palate boasts intriguing energy and tension, delivering ripe pear, peach, nectarine and lemon drop candy alongside a mineral vein and crisp acidity. Drink through 2028.

Robert Parker (RP) : 94 Points (2016)

This white blend enjoys one of the most popular and heartfelt followings in the varied and beautiful world of vino Italiano. The 2016 Vintage Tunina is a blend of 25% Chardonnay, 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 22% Ribolla Gialla, 23% Malvasia and 5% Picolit. Despite the complexity of the blend, each variety shows its distinct personality with varying degrees of intensity. For example, there is no mistaking the radiant fragrances of the Sauvignon Blanc and the floral layers of the Malvasia. The Chardonnay gives the wine its textual fiber and core weight. The two indigenous grapes, Ribolla Gialla and Picolit, add unmistakable territory-specific personality with lush Mediterranean fruits. Fermentation is kicked off with indigenous yeast in stainless steel. Once 5% or 6% alcohol is achieved, one-quarter of the must is moved to Slavonian oak casks, where it completes fermentation. The wine then rests in oak for 11 months.

Decanter (DCT) : 92 Points (2015)

Elegant and pure with notes of citrus fruits and a hint of struck match and a flash of mineral. Rounded and creamy with an unexpected lemon pith zip to the palate, sprinkled with rock dust.

Wine Spectator (WS) : 93 Points (2014)

There's drive to this linear, medium-bodied white, with mouthwatering acidity and a touch of grapefruit zest enlivening the finely knit flavors of melon, star fruit, ground ginger, minerally stone and smoke that echo on the finish. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia Istriana and Picolit. Drink now through 2029.