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Italian White

Italian White is a catch-all category of traditional Italian white varieties. Examples of these wines include Arneis, Cortese, Friulano, Trebbiano and Vermentino, among others. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Italian White wines among our extensive Italian White wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Italian White reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Italian White, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.

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Livio Felluga 2007 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)

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  1. $90
Picolit is a precious and uniquely Italian dessert wines that relies on a variety of special conditions to produce overwhelming elegance and concentration. Livio Felluga does a wonderful job with this wine that opens with a luminous golden color and segues to luscious, creamy flavors of honey, white flower and almond paste.  — M.L.  (12/31/2010)
96
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Livio Felluga 2006 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)

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  1. $90
Beauty and purity emerge from the nose of this highly complex and delicate dessert wine. Aromas include pressed flowers, honey, white peach and a touch of mustiness that adds depth and dimension at the back. It’s a smooth, succulent drink that delivers sweetness, but never too much of it. Gorgeous.  — M.L.  (12/31/2010)
95
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Livio Felluga 2004 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)

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  1. $100
An intriguing, fabulous dessert wine. The aromas are complex, intense and balanced on a tightrope: mature peach, honey, wet stone, peppermint and delicate mineral nuances. Picolit is an indigenous grape that suffers from a unique disorder in which a good number of berries on each cluster never mature. The remaining berries become concentrated in rich flavor and…  — M.L.  (7/1/2008)
94
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Uvaggio 2010 Secco Moscato Giallo (Lodi)

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  1. $16
This dry Moscato Giallo from Lodi is delicious, with an intensely perfumed nose that follows through in the taste, alongside Meyer lemon, jasmine and cantaloupe. Very unusual, incredibly well priced and modest in alcohol, this lush, ginger-tinged Moscato is this taster’s desert-island white.  — V.B.  (2/1/2012)
94
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Pieropan 2007 Le Colombare Garganega (Recioto di Soave Classico)

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  1. $48
This golden Recioto di Soave Classico offers gorgeous intensity in the form of sweet honey, apricot, almond paste and even a touch of dried sage or rosemary. The mouthfeel is full and generous with a spicy point of acidity that keeps the palate refreshed.  — M.L.  (8/1/2011)
94
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Ca' Rugate 2007 La Perlara Garganega (Recioto di Soave)

  1. $63
Inspired by the Italian word for pearl, La Perlara is a delicious dessert wine that boasts a luminous golden color and intense aromas of honey, almond, apricot and sweet yellow rose. There’s also a touch of piquant spice at the end that sets it apart, and the mouthfeel is indeed as smooth and silky as a pearl.  — M.L.  (12/31/2010)
94
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Collavini 2003 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)

  1. $230
Here is a standout dessert wine from Italy’s Friuli region with a deep amber color and generous aromas of chestnut honey, apricot and almond paste. It’s a deeply fruity wine, layer after tasty layer, and gorgeous on all fronts. The texture is creamy but smooth and equally shaped by the wine’s natural sweetness and acidity.  — M.L.  (12/15/2008)
94
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Cavit 1997 Arèle Vino Santo Nosiola (Trentino)

  1. $47
This Vin Santo from Italy’s northern Trentino region is made with the little-known Nosiola grape and offers outstanding complexity and intensity of aromas. Almond skin, apricot, dried fruit, caramel, butterscotch and honey come forward layer after layer. This is a distinctive wine with round, opulent nuances and excellent length.  — M.L.  (5/1/2008)
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