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Wines, Grape varieties, Typical products of each and every region in Italy, with more than 90 detailed regional maps.

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Italy's Native Wine Grapes Guide

Friulano

Grape's Data Sheet

The Friulano Wine Grape in Italy

The Wine Grape known as Friulano is a recognized synonym for the Tocai Friulano grape variety.To get to the page of the Tocai Friulano wine-grape, with all the ampelographic and agricultural information as well as the organoleptic features of the varietal wines produced with the Tocai Friulano wine-grape, click here.

Friulano - The Grape and the Wines

Tocai Friulano is a native grape variety from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with ancient origins, and written records dating back over two centuries. It is believed to have been imported from Hungary into Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, but there are no similarities with any grape variety from that region. A ruling by the European Court of Justice in June 2008 resolved the long-standing dispute with Hungary over the denomination of the wine Tokaji. The name Tocai Friulano for the wine was lost and replaced with “Friulano” or “Tai” in Veneto. The DM of 25.09.2008 provides for the registration in the national register of grape varieties of the synonym «Friulano» for the variety of vine «Tocai friulano». Therefore, the correct name of the grape variety remains Tocai Friulano, and it is to this that we refer.

Friulano - General Info Table

Friulano is one of the   with White berry widespread mainly in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, officially listed in the “Catalogo nazionale varietà di vite” since . Its surface under vines in Italy is .
Berry colorWhite berry
Main RegionFriuli-Venezia Giulia
Synonym(s)Tocai Friulano

Friulano - Ampelographic Data

Each grape variety is characterized by Ampelographic Descriptors that define the appearance of its main elements. The ampelographic features of the Friulano grape variety are:
Leaf Features
The leaf of the Friulano grape variety is .
Bunch Features
The bunch of the Friulano grape variety is .
Berry Features
The berries of the Friulano grape variety are

Friulano - Wine Features

The Varietal Wine obtained from each and every Grape Variety, features precisely defined organoleptic characteristics. Referred to Friulano grapes, they are as follows:
Varietal Wine's features
The wine obtained from Friulano grapes is .

Friulano - Agricultural & Productive Features

Each and every grape variety features very specific agricultural and productive characteristics, such as productivity, yield, ripening time, the ideal type of climate or pruning system, sensitivity to adversities, varying degrees of disease resistance and many others. For the Friulano grape variety, the main characteristics are: