The 2012 Friuli Colli Orientali Picolit (500-milliliter) opens to gorgeous luminosity with rays of amber light. The bouquet is similarly bright and buoyant with fragrant tones of yellow rose, candied almond, wild herb, honey and preserved apricot. In short, the wine is sweet and delicious. Picolit-based dessert wines from Friuli Venezia Giulia are precious and unique. Production is very small and this category of sweet wine is not well known outside its native region.