Russiz Superiore is the Collio cru of the Felluga family, set on an estate at Via Russiz 7 in Capriva del Friuli, in the Province of Gorizia. Marco Felluga acquired the property in 1967 and built up a fifty-hectare hillside vineyard on slopes that already had more than seven centuries of recorded history. The cellar focuses on white Collio DOC, with Friulano, Pinot Bianco, Ribolla Gialla, Sauvignon Blanc and the Col Disore blend leading the range alongside the Rosso Riserva degli Orzoni.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Bookable experiences, curated by our editors. External booking where marked.
One-hour walk through the Russiz Superiore vineyards and the historic Barricaia degli Orzoni red-wine cellar, followed by a three-wine tasting drawn from the Marco Felluga and Russiz Superiore single-variety range. Selected Friulian charcuterie and cheese can be added to the tasting.
Book this experienceNinety-minute estate visit through the Collio vineyards and the Barricaia degli Orzoni cellar, ending with a four-wine tasting that includes one Russiz Superiore Riserva. Friulian charcuterie and cheese can be added on request.
Book this experienceTwo-hour deep dive through the Russiz Superiore vineyards and the historic Barricaia degli Orzoni, closing with five wines including two Russiz Superiore Riserve. Charcuterie and cheese available as a paid add-on.
Book this experienceOne-hour walk through the Russiz Superiore vineyards and the historic Barricaia degli Orzoni red-wine cellar, followed by a three-wine tasting drawn from the Marco Felluga and Russiz Superiore single-variety range. Selected Friulian charcuterie and cheese can be added to the tasting.
Book this experienceThe estate sits at Via Russiz 7 in Capriva del Friuli, on the southern edge of the Collio Goriziano hills in the Province of Gorizia. The land has more than seven centuries of viticultural history, originally tied to the Torre Tasso princely family who reached Friuli in 1273 and whose eagle still appears on the Russiz Superiore label. Marco Felluga bought the property in 1967, eleven years after founding his own winery in Gradisca d'Isonzo, and treated Russiz Superiore as the cru of the family group.
The Felluga family is now in its sixth generation in wine. The line begins with Michele Felluga in late nineteenth-century Istria, where Malvasia and Refosco were the working grapes, and reaches Ilaria Felluga, who runs both Russiz Superiore and Marco Felluga from Capriva. Her father Roberto Felluga, fifth generation, set the technical and sustainability direction that the estate still follows. Since 2024 the company has been backed by a partnership with the Veronese family group Tommasi Family Estates.
The vineyard is one hundred hectares in total, fifty of them planted, with a planting density of six thousand vines per hectare. Production is led by white wines from the Collio Goriziano DOC: Friulano, Pinot Bianco, Ribolla Gialla, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio bottled as single varieties, plus the Col Disore Bianco as the estate's top white blend. The reds are Cabernet Franc and Merlot in single-variety form, and the Rosso Riserva degli Orzoni, aged in the historic Barricaia degli Orzoni red-wine cellar that visitors walk through on the estate tour.
Russiz Superiore is certified under the Italian Ministry of the Environment's VIVA sustainable-agriculture programme. The vineyard work uses integrated pest management, ozone treatments and natural fertilisers, with the stated longer-term aim of circular-economy production. A photovoltaic plant installed at the Russiz cellar in February 2021 made the operation energy-independent on site.
For visitors, the estate runs three tiered Collio tasting experiences from the Russiz cellar in Capriva del Friuli, ranging from a sixty-minute three-wine walk to a two-hour five-wine tasting that includes two Riserve. Booking is required and routed through marcofelluga.com. The Relais Russiz Superiore on the same estate offers accommodation alongside the cellar visit.
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Plate I · FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Azienda Agricola Russiz Superiore's current bottle selection is easiest to understand through Ribolla Gialla.
Est. 1967 
5 wines 
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