The 2008 Friulano is a ripe, fat wine with generous fruit, slightly subdued aromatics and a long, harmonious finish. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2012. Gianni Menotti makes some of the richest, most fully-flavored wines readers will come across in Friuli. The entry-level 2008 whites appear to be excellent across the board, but it is the 2006 Merlot Graf de La Tour that steals the show among these new releases.Importer: Empson, USA, Alexandria, VA; tel. (703) 684-0900