Tenuta Villanova
Farra d'Isonzo · Gorizia (GO)
Established
1499
the counts of Strassoldo
Yearly production
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Location
Farra d'Isonzo
Gorizia (GO) · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Vineyard area
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About 170 hectares of estate with roughly 100 planted to vine, spanning the Collio DOC hills and the alluvial Friuli Isonzo plain
Appellations
Collio Goriziano o Collio DOCFriuli Isonzo o Isonzo del Friuli DOC
History
Tenuta Villanova was founded on 5 April 1499, when the counts of Strassoldo acquired the estate from the Patriarchate of Aquileia; it is reckoned the oldest winery in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and the Strassoldo ran it for some three centuries.
In 1932 the estate passed to Arnaldo Bennati and, from 1985, to his wife Giuseppina Grossi; it is now led by their grandchildren Francesca and Stefano Grossi. Across about a hundred planted hectares between the Collio hills and the Isonzo plain they make a broad range of Collio and Isonzo varietals, crowned by the native-grape blend named '1499' for the estate's founding year.
Wines
Illustrative selectionPinot Grigio Collio
A Collio Pinot Grigio from the estate's hillside vineyards; the estate also makes the native-blend '1499'.
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Grapes of these appellations
- Friulano
- Ribolla Gialla
- Malvasia Istriana
- Sauvignon
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Bianco
- Pinot Grigio
- Pinot Nero
- Traminer Aromatico
- Riesling
- Riesling Italico
- Picolit
- Merlot
- Cabernet Franc
Who else makes these wines
- Collio Goriziano o Collio DOC49 others
- Friuli Isonzo o Isonzo del Friuli DOC18 others
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