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Bottle of Ronchi di Cialla, Picolit, 2015 (500ml) - Dessert Wine - Flatiron Wines & Spirits - New York

Ronchi di Cialla, Picolit, 2015 (500ml)

Dessert Wine from Friuli, Italy
by Ronchi Di Cialla

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What is this wine?
Ronchi di Cialla is a family-run estate in Friuli’s Cialla Valley, founded in the 1970s and dedicated to native Friulian grapes. Among their most prized is Picolit, an ancient, low-yielding white variety traditionally used to make rare sweet wines. Picolit is notorious for producing tiny quantities of grapes due to poor pollination, making every bottle precious. Ronchi di Cialla ferments and ages it in oak, crafting one of Italy’s most authentic expressions of this historic wine.

Why get this wine?
Picolit is one of Italy’s rarest dessert wines—once favored by European nobility—and Ronchi di Cialla is one of the few estates still producing it in its traditional form. The 2015 vintage, aged in 500ml format, offers concentrated fruit, honeyed depth, and balance. For collectors or those seeking a unique sweet wine experience, this is a bottle of both history and rarity.

What does this wine taste like?
Golden and complex, with apricot, dried fig, and candied citrus layered over acacia honey, almond, and subtle spice. Sweet yet lifted by acidity, finishing long and elegant.

When should you drink this wine?
Superb now but will cellar gracefully for 15–20 years, developing deeper nutty and caramel notes. Pair with blue cheeses, foie gras, nut-based desserts, or sip on its own as a meditative digestif.

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What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...

Varietals
Picolit
Vineyard
Sourced from the Picolit / Picoliscjs vineyard in the Cialla valley.
Soil
Their soil is a mix of marl (clay & lime) with marly limestone. It is a particular type of marl with a high pH. They feel that this especially high pH in the soil adds to the potential for aging in the wine.
Viticulture
Both Ivan and his brother, Pierpaolo, are entomologists, and so biodiversity is incredibly important to them. The winery is certified "Biodiversity Friend" which is an organization that surveys and protects biodiversity, ensuring that the production process does not lead to a loss of biodiversity and that the producer is committed to improving the qualityof the environment in which it operates.
Vinification
Half of the grapes are late harvested at the end of October, normally with noble rot, and the other half are harvested even later at which point the grapes have dried slightly on the vine in the vineyard. Spontaneous fermentation of the must in French oak barrels.
Aging
Aged in the same neutral barriques for at least 20 month followed by at leat another 24 months in the bottle before release.

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Picolit

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    500ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied