Vintage Character Schiopetto Friuli Colli Orientali del Friuli "del Pompiere" Pinot Grigio 2024 comes from the Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, one of northeastern Italy’s finest zones for aromatic, mineral white wines. The 2024 vintage in Friuli is expected to show freshness and balance, with a generally even growing season helping preserve acidity and aromatic definition, making it an attractive, finely poised expression of the year. The Colli Orientali’s rolling hills, marked by the region’s classic ponca soils of marl and sandstone, give Pinot Grigio here more tension, savoriness, and textural depth than simpler flatland examples.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing On the nose, this wine is precise and lifted, with pear, white peach, crisp apple, lemon zest, and white flowers, backed by a faint almond nuance and a light saline-mineral edge. The palate is dry and medium-bodied, combining supple orchard-fruit richness with bright acidity and a gentle lees-derived creaminess, then narrowing into a clean, polished finish with subtle stony grip. It pairs beautifully with herb-roasted chicken, spaghetti alle vongole, or simply grilled prawns, all of which echo its freshness and understated complexity.
Winery Background Founded in the 1960s, Schiopetto played a defining role in the modern renaissance of Friulian white wine under the pioneering vision of Mario Schiopetto, whose emphasis on cleanliness, temperature control, and varietal purity became a regional benchmark. The estate remains committed to meticulous vineyard work and hand-harvesting for its top sites, aiming to capture clarity of fruit and site rather than weight or excess. In the cellar, the style favors precision over ornament: carefully managed fermentation, work on fine lees, and restrained élevage that preserves the grape’s crystalline character, making Schiopetto one of Friuli’s reference-point producers for elegant, terroir-driven whites.