With some 45,000 bottles made, the Tenuta Luisa 2018 Isonzo del Friuli Sauvignon is a crisp and light white wine that proves a cheerful and versatile pairing partner to the exotic favors of Thailand or Vietnam. Or you could pair it with a platter of barbecued shrimp with spicy dipping sauce. This is a lean and thin white that opens to fragrant tones of passion fruit, papaya and fresh citrus.

Tenuta Luisa offers a fresh and streamlined white wine to pair with appetizers or Thai spring rolls. The 2016 Isonzo del Friuli Sauvignon offers aromas of lime and fresh-cut grass, with warmer notes of honeydew melon and summer peach at the back. The wine shows varietal characteristics, but this is not one of those super zesty and pungent Sauvignon Blancs. The wine's aromatic performance shows more moderation instead.

The 2012 Isonzo del Friuli Sauvignon is a fresh and luminous wine that awards satisfaction to those seeking a light and fragrant white wine to employ at informal drinking occasions. Drying mineral notes, exotic fruit and fragrant honeysuckle drive a lively, feminine wine. Drink: 2014-2015. The Friulano and the Refosco are not imported to the United States. Importer: www.viaswine.com

Tenuta Luisa brings us a crisp and fresh Sauvignon with bright aromas of passion fruit, tomato leaf and white flower. There’s a slightly creamy or rich feel in the mouth that is characteristic of the rich vineyard soils of northeast Italy.——M.L.(3/1/2012)—— 87