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Borgo del Tiglio, Sauvignon Dark Label, 2021

White Wine from Friuli, Italy
by Borgo del Tiglio
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A pharmacist who inherited his family's vineyard at twenty-three and taught himself to make wine by learning French to read Champagnol's foundational texts on viticulture. Nicola Manferrari's unlikely origin story produced one of Italy's most serious white wine estates. Over three decades, Borgo del Tiglio in Collio Goriziano has become a benchmark for complex, age-worthy whites from Friuli-Venezia Giulia—where the Julian Alps meet the Adriatic on hills of marl, sand, and clay that produce some of Italy's finest Sauvignon Blanc. The Dark Label (Etichetta Scura) is the top selection, reserved for Manferrari's most meticulous bottlings. One hundred percent Sauvignon Blanc, manually harvested, delicately pressed, malolactic fermentation, then nine months in 250-liter oak barrels. The result is layered and textural rather than simply aromatic—herbs, citrus, vanilla, and toffee from thoughtful oak integration at a full-bodied fifteen percent alcohol. This is not Loire Sauvignon; this is something entirely its own.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2021 Sauvignon Dark Label is wickedly spicy, boasting a complex blend of ground ginger, lemon zest, incense and sage. Silky in feel yet almost salty in nature, it's perfumed and zesty within, with citrus-kissed orchard fruits and a pepper note toward the close. The 2021 finishes savory and long with a vivid note of Granny Smith apple that lingers on and on. The Sauvignon benefitted greatly from the extended harvest in 2021, spending two weeks longer on the vine than usual. Wow." —Eric Guido

More about Borgo del Tiglio

Nicola Manferrari trained as a pharmacist, took over the family vineyard when his father died, and bottled his first wine in 1982. Now considered one of Friuli's original trailblazers, he makes brilliant, saline-infused whites that define what Collio can be. Collio Ronco della Chiesa Friulano—from vines planted 70+ years ago—elevated Friulano production from industrial to artisanal. Elevation through restraint.

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Perfect Pairings

Goat cheese salad, grilled white fish, fresh oysters, herb-roasted vegetables

Tasting Profile

Sauvignon Blanc with citrus, green apple, and herbal minerality. Crisp acidity, light body, dry finish.