2013 Meroi Vigna Dominin Refosco Colli Orientali del Friuli

Powerful & Explosive  Refrosco, Indigenous Veneto Grapes Vineyard Organically Treated  Free Shipping on 6 or More Bottles About the wine Refosco or "Dark Grape" refers to a family of red grapes indigenous to Venice and neighboring areas such as Friuli, Gavi, Trentino, Istria, and Carso. And as their name suggests, they result in deep-colored, explosive, tannic and powerful wines. If this wine was a dessert, it would definitely be the three chocolate cake you can't have just one slice from. Meriori is located in Buttrio, a beautiful wine region in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It was founded in 1920 and has been owned by a single family ever since. The founder, Domenico Meroi, also owned a restaurant or “trattoria” that is still in operation today. The story becomes even more interesting when we discover that the wines from the trattoria (produced by their own estate) were protected and hidden from the German soldiers of the Second World War, who occupied both of their properties and fo