Pinot Grigio Friuli Grave DOC Magnum

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The Product in Brief:

✓ Friuli Grave DOC

✓ 100% Pinot Grigio

✓ Vintage: 2025

✓ Alcohol Content: 12.50% ABV

✓ Colour: Full straw yellow

✓ Refined fruity aromas

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Pinot Grigio, a grape variety distinguished by its characteristic pinkish berries, is a natural mutation of Pinot Noir. It has been cultivated in Italy for over a century, initially in Friuli Venezia Giulia, and is now grown in several DOC appellations, including Friuli Grave and Delle Venezie. The Pinot Grigio Friuli Grave DOC “Il Tralcetto” by Italo Cescon, one of the winery's historic wines, originates in the gravelly plains of the Tagliamento River in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in northeastern Italy that offers ideal conditions for expressing the distinctive characteristics of this grape variety. Also highly appreciated in international markets for its structure and elegance, this Pinot Grigio stands out for its dry, fresh character, its fine and refined bouquet with delicate fruity notes, and its pleasantly smooth taste. On the palate, it reveals a harmonious balance between freshness and savoury minerality, delivering an elegant and persistent finish. Ideal as an aperitif, it pairs beautifully with fish dishes, delicate starters, and sweet-and-sour or lightly spiced cuisine. Best served at a temperature of 8°C in well-chilled wine glasses.

The 1.5-litre Magnum format, also available in an elegant wooden gift box, gives Italo Cescon's Pinot Grigio an even more exclusive character, making it ideal for special occasions, convivial dinners, and prestigious corporate gifts. The larger bottle format encourages slower, more harmonious ageing, helping to preserve the wine's freshness and aromatic finesse over time. A refined expression of the winemaking excellence of Friuli Venezia Giulia, created for those who wish to share an outstanding Italian white wine or surprise someone with a sophisticated gift that combines quality, elegance, and tradition.

Product Information:

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio.

Production Area: Codroipo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.

Soil Characteristics: Gravelly soils of alluvial origin. Guyot training system, with a planting density of 4,500 vines per hectare and a yield of 110 quintals per hectare.

Tasting Notes: Full straw-yellow colour. Intense, elegant bouquet with fruity notes of peach and citrus, complemented by a subtle hint of nutmeg. Its dry and fresh character gives way to refined fruit aromas and pronounced savoury minerality, creating a harmonious balance between softness, acidity, and structure.

Serving Temperature: 8°C, in well-chilled square-shaped wine glasses.

Alcohol Content: 12.50% ABV.

Ageing: 3 months of bottle ageing before release.

Winemaking Notes: After destemming and crushing, the grapes undergo gentle pressing, yielding 50% free-run juice. Fermentation takes place with selected yeasts for 15 days at a controlled temperature of 13°C. The wine then matures on its fine lees for 5–6 months before being racked, filtered, and aged in the bottle for a further 3 months prior to release.

Yield per Hectare: 110 quintals per hectare.

Harvest Period: Entirely hand-harvested during the last ten days of August.

Food Pairings: Seafood, fish dishes, and mixed salads. Ideal as an aperitif alongside sweet-and-sour or spicy dishes, such as swordfish marinated with pink peppercorns and orange. Traditional pairings include squid ink risotto or risotto all'Isolana, a classic Italian rice dish.

The Friuli Venezia Giulia region is a beautiful area located in northeastern Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia. Known for its rich culinary tradition and exceptional wine production, this region offers a variety of unique, high-quality food and wine. Friulian cuisine is based on fresh, authentic ingredients, often locally sourced. The region is renowned for its cured meats, such as Prosciutto di San Daniele and Prosciutto di Sauris, both made from selected pigs and carefully cured to create a rich, delicate flavor. Other typical cured meats include pancetta, salami, and cotechino, which are prepared using traditional methods passed down through generations.

The Friuli Venezia Giulia region is also famous for its cheeses. Montasio is one of the most well-known, a semi-cooked cheese made from cow's milk with an intense, aromatic flavor. Also not to be forgotten is Jamar, a raw and semi-raw cheese with a smooth, enveloping flavor. As for first courses, Friuli Venezia Giulia offers specialties such as cjarsons, a type of ravioli filled with a mix of sweet and savory, made with aromatic herbs, cheese, nuts, and spices. Another typical dish is frico, a type of potato and cheese omelette, often enriched with ham or spices. The region is also renowned for its quality wines.

Friuli Venezia Giulia is famous for its white wines, particularly Friulano, a dry and aromatic wine; Ribolla Gialla, with its fruity and lively flavor; and Pinot Grigio, known for its elegance and freshness. Red wines include Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, an intense and spicy wine, and Pignolo, a wine with great structure and character. The Friuli Venezia Giulia region is also renowned for its desserts. Gubana is one of the most famous, a leavened pastry filled with walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, raisins, and spices, all wrapped in a crispy shell. It's impossible to talk about Friuli Venezia Giulia's food and wine without mentioning its seafood.

The region has a rich fishing tradition and offers a variety of fresh and delicious seafood, such as sarde in saor (sautéed sardines), grilled cuttlefish, and mussels Triestina-style. The region is also famous for its coffee. Trieste, the region's main city, is considered the capital of Italian coffee. Trieste's coffee tradition is deeply rooted, with historic cafés offering a wide selection of blends and a unique atmosphere. Finally, the Friuli Venezia Giulia region offers a rich variety of high-quality food and wine. From cured meats to cheeses, from pasta dishes to fine wines and traditional desserts, every specialty reflects the passion and authenticity of Friulian cuisine.

In 1957, about 30 km from Treviso, the story of our company began thanks to the intuition and courage of our beloved founder, Italo Cescon. From that moment, a passion for wine became the lifeblood that fueled our lives, us children—Gloria, Graziella, and Domenico—along with our dear mother Chiara, custodians of the memories and secrets of a family that has made viticulture its mission. We are located in the Piave DOC production area, between the Treviso hills and Friuli, with Montello to the north and the Venetian lagoon to the south, along the axis of the Piave River. This story actually began a few years before 1957, when Italo Cescon, having just returned from military service in 1954, decided to follow in his grandfather Domenico's footsteps, starting wine production in the small winery "Enoteca Italo Cescon."

From the beginning, we stood out for exclusively selling bottled wine, with handwritten straw paper labels and the distinctive Tralcetto, a symbol born from a spontaneous gesture: tying a knotted stick to the neck of the bottle. In 1967, after the 1966 flood, we moved to the company's current headquarters in Roncadelle (Treviso) to expand logistics and production. The 1970s saw our wines conquer European markets, from Rome to Milan, from Germany to Switzerland and France, thanks to our father's entrepreneurial vision. The 1980s marked the pinnacle of our production, with the launch of the "La Cesura" line, which earned major international recognition for wines such as the Raboso DOC Piave and the Manzoni Bianco 6.0.13.

In the 1990s, we, the third generation—Gloria, Graziella, and Domenico—continued our family's legacy with enthusiasm and innovation. We renewed the Italo Cescon brand in 2006, maintaining its historic character while adapting it to the needs of modern consumers. In 2008, we planted the first vine of Incrocio Manzoni 6.0.13 on the new Fagarè estate, a few kilometers from Treviso, constantly investing in new vineyards, research, and experimentation. For us, making wine is not just a job, it is our vocation. We feel called to share what we have created because together we have given voice to our greatest passion. Our wines fully express the flavors of our land, revealing the life of a project carried out with love and dedication. The connection between land and vineyard is the first step in giving a wine its own character. Protecting the vineyard and the soil on which it grows is our duty. While the grapes on the vine have everything they need to ripen, in the cellar they find the space to develop their full personality, thanks to special processes and time.

It's the union of individual parts that creates something greater. Starting from this premise, we have refined every step over the years to get ever closer to the best result. The grape is our starting point; it's the attention to detail that makes the flavor of each of our wines unique. We cultivate our organic vineyards respecting their natural cycles and in an eco-sustainable manner. Biodiversity is the true wealth of our land, and it is precisely thanks to this balance and the mutual relationships between these plant species that we are able to obtain authentic products. To enrich the soil of our land, we use the ancient technique of green manure, an effective and natural method for enhancing the fertility of the vineyard. This method, studied and refined over the course of our experience, represents us and our winery; we have defined our own path, personal and unique, like our wines. Today the Italo Cescon winery has 120 hectares of vineyards: 80 hectares in south-eastern Veneto (of which approximately 20 hectares are owned), 15 hectares in Friuli Venezia Giulia and 15 hectares on the hills of Valdobbiadene.