DOC White

Livio Felluga Friulano, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC

Livio Felluga
Grape
Friulano
Denomination
Friuli Colli Orientali DOC
Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia
ABV
13%
Drink
Now to 2029

A dry white from Livio Felluga, made from Friulano grown on the Friuli Colli Orientali hills. Lychee, apple and orange blossom lead to a stony finish and the bitter almond aftertaste the winery calls characteristic.

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2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free on 6 bottles

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Tasting Notes

How Livio Felluga Friulano tastes, from lychee to bitter almond

Livio Felluga's Friulano opens on lychee, Renetta apple and orange blossom, then turns full and harmonious. A few months resting on its yeast builds savouriness and a creamy feel. The winery gives the same note for the 2024 and the 2025, both at 13% alcohol.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
18 October 2026
Vintage in glass
2024
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Friulano
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Lychee and Renetta apple come first, then honeysuckle and orange blossom woven with candied ginger. Livio Felluga gives the same picture for the 2024 and the 2025.

BergamotBergamot
ElderflowerElderflower
Orange blossomOrange blossom
AppleApple
LycheeLychee
PearPear
ChamomileChamomile
Wet stonesWet stones
AlmondAlmond
Palate

Full and harmonious, with lily of the valley, chamomile and elderflower that linger with good length. A few months resting on its yeast after fermentation builds savouriness and a creamy feel. Falstaff scored the 2024 92 points and found it "juicy and precise", with "lively acidity".

Finish

It closes on a pleasing stony note with bergamot, mango and pear. Then comes the bitter almond aftertaste that the winery calls characteristic.

Overall

From Livio Felluga's Classici range, this Friulano rates well with drinkers, who most often name pear, peach, apple and citrus. We would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029.

Drink now Best by 2030
Live UK pricing

Buying Livio Felluga Friulano in the UK: the 2025 and the 2024

Two vintages are on sale on this page. The 2025 starts at about £27 a bottle and the 2024 at about £29, with UK duty and VAT paid. Both are ready to drink now.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £24.60 at Vino.com
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £24.60 - £36.85 Across 3 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 3UK 3 in stock
Vintages live 2025 · 2024 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £32.80 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 1 price line

75cl · 2024: £28.94 - £37.60, 2 UK retailers

Wine fit score

Where Livio Felluga Friulano scores best

Best with food and Best intro to this style lead the scores. Livio Felluga's Friulano is a full, harmonious dry white that the winery pairs with cured ham, fish and fresh cheese.

Best with food 8.2/10

Full and harmonious, with lively acidity and a savoury edge. Livio Felluga pairs it with prosciutto, salami, fish and fresh cheese, and it also handles creamy risotto.

Best intro to this style 8.0/10

Dry, fruity and floral, with lychee, apple and orange blossom. It is an easy first taste of Friulano, which the winery calls the most traditional Friulian wine.

Best for an occasion 6.0/10

A smart bottle for a fish supper or an aperitif with cured ham. It still wears the map label Livio Felluga created in 1956.

Best everyday bottle 5.5/10

Dry, fruity and good with food, but at about £27 for the 2025 it is more of a weekend bottle than a weekday one.

Best value 5.0/10

About £27 for the 2025 and £29 for the 2024 is more than a typical Friuli Colli Orientali white costs. You pay for the Livio Felluga name and hand-picked hillside grapes, not for long ageing.

Best for cellar 3.5/10

Made to drink within a few years: a few months on its yeast, then bottled. We would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029.

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

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Friuli Colli Orientali in five fields

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

Allowed grapes
2 varieties listed
This bottle: Friulano.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Udine
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Friuli Colli Orientali
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

Livio Felluga Friulano 2025 and 2024: two vintages at 13%

The 2025 is the newest release and the 2024 is still on sale. Falstaff scored the 2024 92 points in October 2025. We would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029.

2025 Current release
Best price
£24.60
Retailers
4 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2029

The 2025 is the newest release, also at 13% alcohol, and the winery gives it the same tasting note as the 2024. We would drink it from now to 2029.

2024 Previous release
Best price
£28.94
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2030

The 2024 carries 13% alcohol. Falstaff scored it 92 points in October 2025, and we would drink it from now to 2030.

2023 Sold through
Best price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock
2025 Current release
Best price
£24.60
Retailers
4 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2029

The 2025 is the newest release, also at 13% alcohol, and the winery gives it the same tasting note as the 2024. We would drink it from now to 2029.

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

Livio Felluga and the map label behind this Friulano

Livio Felluga created the winery's map label in 1956, inspired by an old map of Friuli. Today the winery farms 187 hectares of vines, about 260 football pitches, and makes 19 wines. Its Friulano grows on marl and sandstone, which the winery says gives its wines a savoury, stony edge.

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 Colli Orientali 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. 2 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 11.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Friuli Colli Orientali falls within Friuli Venezia Giulia, covering Udine.

Friuli Colli Orientali DOC zone The producer Wine route in the zone

Made at Livio Felluga, Brazzano Cormons. Directions

Wine route in the zone: Collio and Colli Orientali Wine Road.

04

Reading the label

  • Livio FellugaProducer / estate
  • FriulanoGrape varieties
  • Friuli Colli Orientali DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Livio Felluga Friulano

Tracked from
£24.60
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
4 up / 1 down
Main factor
Grapes picked by hand on Livio Felluga's hillside vineyards
  1. 01

    Grapes picked by hand on Livio Felluga's hillside vineyards

    Cost up

    Livio Felluga picks its Friulano by hand to keep the berries whole, then destems and presses them gently. Picking by hand takes more time and labour than a machine.

  2. 02

    The Livio Felluga name and the map label created in 1956

    Cost up

    Livio Felluga created its map label in 1956, and the winery calls it an icon of winemaking excellence. The name helps explain why the 2025, at about £27, costs more than a typical Friuli Colli Orientali white.

  3. 03

    A few months on its yeast, then a rest in bottle

    Cost up

    After fermenting in temperature-controlled steel tanks, the wine rests a few months on its yeast for savouriness and a creamy feel. It then rests again in bottle in temperature-controlled rooms, which takes cellar space and time.

  4. 04

    No long ageing before sale

    Cost down

    With only a few months on its yeast before bottling, no money sits for years in the cellar. The 2025 is on sale now, a year after its harvest.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT on a 13% white

    Cost up

    Of a £27 bottle of the 2025, about £7.50 is tax: £2.99 of duty on 13% alcohol at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol, plus £4.50 of VAT.

01

Grapes picked by hand on Livio Felluga's hillside vineyards

Cost up

Livio Felluga picks its Friulano by hand to keep the berries whole, then destems and presses them gently. Picking by hand takes more time and labour than a machine.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Soba Noodles, plated

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Food Pairing

Prosciutto, fish and fresh cheese with Livio Felluga Friulano

Livio Felluga calls its Friulano a traditional aperitif and a perfect match for prosciutto crudo and salami. It also suits fish dishes and fresh, full-fat cheeses. Its lively acidity and savoury edge cut through salt and fat, but hot chilli is best avoided.

Salt balance Strong match

Prosciutto crudo and salami as an aperitif

Livio Felluga calls its Friulano a traditional aperitif and a perfect match for prosciutto crudo and salami. The savoury edge of this dry white meets the salt in the ham, and its lively acidity rinses away the fat.

Try with: Prosciutto crudo · Salame · Gnocco fritto

Fat cutting Strong match

Fresh, full-fat cheeses and Friuli's frico

Fresh, full-fat cheeses are on the winery's own list for this Friulano. The acidity of this dry white cuts through creamy mozzarella and burrata. Its full, harmonious feel also stands up to frico, Friuli's crisp Montasio cheese pancake.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Burrata · Frico · Fresh ricotta

Acidity matching Good match

Salt cod, lagoon shrimp and mussels

The winery also suggests fish dishes with its Friulano. The lively acidity of this dry white works like a squeeze of lemon on creamy salt cod, tiny lagoon shrimp and mussels.

Try with: Baccala Mantecato · Polenta e schie · Impepata di cozze · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Fish and chips, potted shrimp and smoked salmon

A dry white like Livio Felluga's Friulano cuts through batter and butter and leaves your mouth clean for the next bite. Its savoury edge also meets the salt and smoke of smoked salmon.

Try with: Fish and Chips · Potted Shrimp · Scottish Smoked Salmon · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Risi e bisi, saffron risotto and pesto

Full and harmonious in the mouth, this Friulano has enough weight for creamy rice and pasta without swamping them. Its chamomile and elderflower notes suit the spring peas of risi e bisi and the basil in trofie al pesto.

Try with: Risi e bisi · Risotto alla Milanese · Trofie al pesto · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot chilli and fiery curries

Chilli heat makes the 13% alcohol in this dry Friulano burn and buries its lychee and orange blossom. Keep madras curry, jungle curry and chilli pizza for another bottle.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Jungle Curry · Mapo tofu · Pizza Diavola · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Livio Felluga Friulano: the 2024 to 2030, the 2025 to 2029

This is a white to drink within a few years, not one to lay down. A few months on its yeast gives it some ageing potential, and we would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029. The winery also makes Sigar, a second Friulano from vines planted in 1963.

Drinking window
2026 → 2029

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

Made to drink within a few years: a few months on its yeast, then bottled. We would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£24.60 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Livio Felluga Friulano page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:40 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

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 3.9 out of 5 from 5,283 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

Friulano, Friuli Colli Orientali and Livio Felluga: where this wine fits

Producer
Livio Felluga Friuli Venezia Giulia
Grapes
Friulano
Denomination
Friuli Colli Orientali DOC
Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region guide
Cuisine
Japanese Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

It is a full, harmonious dry white with lychee, Renetta apple and orange blossom on the nose. Chamomile and elderflower follow, then a stony finish with bergamot, mango and pear. The winery describes a characteristic bitter almond aftertaste.

Yes. Livio Felluga says this wine was once called Tocai Friulano. Today its label simply says Friulano.

Cured meats come first: Livio Felluga calls it a traditional aperitif and a perfect match for prosciutto crudo and salami. It also suits fish dishes and fresh, full-fat cheeses. Avoid hot chilli, which makes the alcohol burn and hides the wine's floral side.

The 2025 starts at about £27 a bottle and the 2024 at about £29, with UK duty and VAT paid. Of a £27 bottle, about £7.50 is tax.

We would drink the 2024 by 2030 and the 2025 by 2029, and both are ready now. A few months on its yeast gives the wine some ageing potential, but this is not a white for long cellaring.

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