Torre Rosazza, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC (Italy) Friulano 2016

 Unlike Pinot Grigio, the much more popular wine from Friuli in northeast Italy, Friulano almost never tastes boring and, consequently, rarely disappoints.  Why it is not more popular outside its homeland seems baffling.  One sip of this wine, however, may well convert you.  There are fruit flavors that echo citrus as well as apples and pears, but what proves most exciting are the spice-like secondary flavors.  They linger through an impressively long finish, and compel you to want another sip … and then another and yet another.