The 2012 Venezia Giulia Pinot Grigio is an "orange" wine rendition of a grey-colored grape. Between those two extremes you get a color that is heavily copper in hue with rose and ruby highlights. The wine resembles a Vin Santo in appearance. The bouquet is heavily oxidized with caramel, honey and dried apricot. In the mouth, it is astringent and almost bitter because of the extended maceration times used. This wine is almost too much of a good thing.