DOC White

Cantina Puiatti Sauvignon Blanc

Azienda Agricola Puiatti Giovanni

Grape
Sauvignon Blanc
Denomination
Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia DOC
Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia
ABV
12%
Drink
Now to 2028

A steel-only Friuli DOC Sauvignon from Puiatti's gravel vineyards at Zuccole, Romans d'Isonzo. Sage, tomato leaf, peach and grapefruit over salty freshness at 12%: a restrained European answer to New Zealand's punchier style.

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Puiatti's steel-raised Sauvignon

Cantina Puiatti's technical sheet promises tomato leaf, sage, peach and apricot, and the glass agrees: tree fruit, citrus and stone. What follows is our picture of a wine made only in steel.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
4 August 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Sauvignon Blanc
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Sage and tomato leaf lead over peach and apricot, the exact quartet Cantina Puiatti's own technical sheet describes, with a grapefruit and gooseberry edge. It is a markedly more restrained register than New Zealand Sauvignon, closer to spring greens than passion fruit.

GrapefruitGrapefruit
ApricotApricot
GooseberryGooseberry
MelonMelon
PeachPeach
GrassyGrassy
Wet stonesWet stones
Palate

Light-bodied at 12%, with the fresh bite of 5.7 grams a litre of total acidity. It is raised only in stainless steel on its fine yeast deposits for four months, so there is no oak anywhere on the palate. The house picks the Zuccole plots in three passes, an early one for herbaceous freshness, a later one for a tropical melon layer. The gravel-under-red-clay soils of Romans d'Isonzo leave a lightly salty stamp that reads as stone and salt.

Finish

Persistent and mouth-filling for its weight, closing on a salty, gravelly savour and a last flick of sage rather than fruit sweetness.

Overall

A well-liked everyday white, valued for exactly what the steel-only method promises: purity and drinkability rather than power. This is the entry point to Cantina Puiatti's single-grape Friuli DOC range. It is built to be drunk young with shellfish, sushi or herby starters, at its best through 2028.

Drink now Best by 2028
Live UK pricing

Buying this Friuli DOC Sauvignon in the UK

A screwcapped, vegan-friendly 75cl white at 12% alcohol. The UK listing below is tracked live, and Italian shops such as Etilika sell recent vintages around 13.90 euros for comparison.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £14.00 at The Great Wine Co.
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £14.00 - £16.20 Across 2 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £18.67 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 27 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Puiatti's Sauvignon fits an Italian wine drinker

Scored against the six ItalianWines dimensions: a food-first, everyday steel white from Romans d'Isonzo rather than a cellar or occasion bottle.

Best with food 8.4/10

High acidity of 5.7 grams a litre, no oak and a salty finish make this a table wine first. The producer's own matches run from starters and fish rice dishes to sushi.

Best everyday bottle 8.2/10

12% ABV, screwcap, under 20 pounds and happiest with weeknight fish or vegetarian plates: an everyday white by design.

Best intro to this style 8.0/10

A familiar grape in a gentle 12% screwcap package; the restrained sage-and-peach style is an easy step from New Zealand Sauvignon into Italian whites.

Best value 7.2/10

Listed at 16 pounds in the UK against 13.90 euros at Italian retailer Etilika: mid-band for named-producer Friuli DOC Sauvignon, fair rather than a steal.

Best for an occasion 3.8/10

An entry-level regional DOC white, not a statement bottle; it suits a raw-bar aperitivo more than a milestone dinner.

Best for cellar 2.5/10

Steel-only with four months on yeast deposits and no ageing mandate under Friuli DOC: built for the 2026-2028 window, not the cellar.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia in five fields

A compact view of what the Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
1 varieties listed
This bottle: Sauvignon Blanc.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Style
DOC · Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2025 vintage from the Isonzo gravel

Assoenologi FVG called 2025 a promising Friuli year, with Sauvignon, Friulano and Malvasia showing the greatest quality potential after a cool July and regular rains.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.00
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Regular rains and a cool July gave Friuli's 2025 harvest healthy grapes and the wide day-night swings that build aroma, and Assoenologi FVG flagged Sauvignon among the vintage's strongest whites. Bottled young off four months on its lees, it is best drunk through 2028.

2025 Current release
Best price
£14.00
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
12.0%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Regular rains and a cool July gave Friuli's 2025 harvest healthy grapes and the wide day-night swings that build aroma, and Assoenologi FVG flagged Sauvignon among the vintage's strongest whites. Bottled young off four months on its lees, it is best drunk through 2028.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Friuli DOC, the appellation behind this label

Friuli DOC is the region-wide denomination of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Cantina Puiatti is listed by the Consorzio DOC Friuli with Sauvignon among its certified wines from Romans d'Isonzo.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia falls within Friuli Venezia Giulia.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Azienda Agricola Puiatti Giovanni, Romans d'Isonzo. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Azienda Agricola Puiatti GiovanniProducer / estate
  • Sauvignon BlancGrape varieties
  • Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 12.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Cantina Puiatti Sauvignon Blanc

Tracked from
£14.00
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 3 down
Main factor
Three separate harvest passes through the Zuccole plots
  1. 01

    Three separate harvest passes through the Zuccole plots

    Cost up

    An early pick for herbaceous freshness, a second for the tropical layer and a late pass for structure. Triple hand-harvesting of the same rows is a real labour cost.

  2. 02

    UK duty and VAT on a 16 pound shelf price

    Cost up

    At 12% ABV the still-wine duty is 2.67 pounds, and VAT adds roughly another 2.67 pounds of the 16 pound price. About a third of the ticket never reaches the wine.

  3. 03

    Steel-only cellar, no barrels to buy or store

    Cost down

    Cantina Puiatti ferments and matures exclusively in stainless steel on fine yeast deposits; skipping oak entirely strips barrel amortisation out of the bottle price.

  4. 04

    75 quintals per hectare from 44 estate hectares

    Cost down

    The producer's sheet declares a 75 q/ha yield on alluvial gravel. That is a generous cropping level for a single-grape DOC white, and it keeps the per-bottle land cost modest.

  5. 05

    Regional Friuli DOC rather than Collio or a cru bottling

    Cost down

    This is the region-wide tier. Puiatti's own single-vineyard Sauvignons have sold at clear premiums, while the Friuli DOC stays the accessible entry point at 16 pounds.

01

Three separate harvest passes through the Zuccole plots

Cost up

An early pick for herbaceous freshness, a second for the tropical layer and a late pass for structure. Triple hand-harvesting of the same rows is a real labour cost.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Palak paneer, plated

Palak paneer
Food Pairing

Sage, citrus and salt: dishes for this Sauvignon

The producer's own matches start at starters, fish pasta and rice, seafood and sushi. Each card below explains the structural reason a dish works, from the 5.7 grams a litre of acidity to the salty gravel finish.

Acidity matching Strong match

Sushi, sashimi and the raw bar

Puiatti's own sheet calls this Sauvignon perfect with sushi, and the structure explains why. Steel-raised acidity of 5.7 grams a litre scrubs the palate between bites of raw fish and brine. With no oak anywhere in the cellar, there is nothing to clash with iodine and rice vinegar.

Try with: Nigiri Sushi · Sashimi · Oysters · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Pesto, basil and tomato-leaf greens

The wine's signature sage and tomato-leaf aromatics, named on Cantina Puiatti's technical sheet, run straight into basil, raw tomato and green herbs on the plate. It is a natural for vegetarian tables.

Try with: Trofie al pesto · Insalata Caprese · Frittata di maccheroni · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Tempura and fried seafood

Fried batter needs a squeegee, and a 12% white with grapefruit-led acidity and no creamy, softening second fermentation does the job without adding weight. The producer's four months on fine yeast deposits give just enough texture to stand up to the crunch.

Try with: Prawn Tempura · Fish and Chips · Salt and pepper prawns

Body matching Good match

Steamed fish and lighter Chinese seafood

At 12% and raised only in steel, this is a light-bodied Sauvignon that will not swamp delicately steamed fish. Those are the fish and rice dishes the producer's sheet recommends. The Isonzo gravel's salty note seasons rather than dominates.

Try with: Steamed sea bass · Salt and pepper prawns · Spring rolls · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Saline starters and seafood risotto

Cantina Puiatti credits the Isonzo's river stones and gravel for the wine's savour, and that salty streak echoes salty dishes instead of fighting them. Starters and seafood rice are the producer's own first food calls.

Try with: Squid ink risotto · Vitello Tonnato · Oysters · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Fierce chilli heat

Capsaicin amplifies acidity and burns off delicate aromatics, and this wine's sage and stone fruit are exactly the kind of quiet detail vindaloo-level heat erases. With no sugar left to cushion the burn, keep it away from the hottest curries and Sichuan fire.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan beef · Mapo tofu · Green curry · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Not a cellar wine: drink Puiatti's Sauvignon young

Four months on fine lees in steel is the whole cellar recipe, so freshness is the asset. The 2025 is built for the 2026-2028 window, not for laying down.

Drinking window
2026 → 2028

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-12°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Steel-only with four months on yeast deposits and no ageing mandate under Friuli DOC: built for the 2026-2028 window, not the cellar.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£14.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at The Great Wine Co., is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources for this Puiatti page

Prices & stock

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Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.8 out of 5 from 1,276 ratings on Vivino.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Around this bottle: Friuli, Sauvignon Blanc and the Isonzo

Producer
Azienda Agricola Puiatti Giovanni Friuli Venezia Giulia
Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc
Denomination
Friuli/Friuli Venezia Giulia DOC
Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region guide
Cuisine
Indian Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

Sage, tomato leaf, peach and apricot on the nose with grapefruit freshness and a salty, gravel-derived finish. It is deliberately more restrained than New Zealand Sauvignon, with tree fruit, citrus and stony notes, and a well-liked everyday style.

No. Cantina Puiatti ferments and matures this wine only in stainless steel, resting it four months on fine lees. It is a steel-only philosophy the house has followed since Vittorio Puiatti founded it in 1967.

The producer recommends starters, fish pasta and rice dishes, seafood and shellfish, and calls it perfect with sushi and Asian cuisine. Serve it at 10-12C; the sage and tomato-leaf aromatics also flatter pesto and other green-herb dishes.

It is a Friuli DOC white, the region-wide designation of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The wine is 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown at Zuccole in Romans d'Isonzo, where Cantina Puiatti is a member of the Friuli DOC producers' consortium.

Yes. Assoenologi Friuli Venezia Giulia flagged Sauvignon among the strongest whites of 2025. Regular rains and a cool July gave healthy grapes and wide day-night temperature swings. Drink the 2025 young, through 2028.

Yes, the current UK listing specifies it as suitable for both vegans and vegetarians, sealed under screwcap at 12% alcohol in a standard 75cl bottle.

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