Tocai Friulano
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Prosciutto di San Daniele, grilled sea bass, asparagus risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Channing Daughters is a pioneer in bringing Northern Italian grape varieties to the maritime climate of Long Island's East End. Their Tocai Friulano is a testament to this experimental spirit, thriving in the unique Bridgehampton silt loam soils. Historically, this grape is famous in Friuli, Italy, where a historic legal battle with Hungary over the 'Tocai' name eventually forced European producers to rename it simply 'Friulano.' On Long Island, Channing Daughters proudly retains the traditional 'Tocai Friulano' name, celebrating its heritage. The wine is typically crafted using sustainable, hand-harvested fruit, gently pressed and fermented in stainless steel or neutral French oak barrels to preserve its delicate, expressive aromatics of white peach, bitter almond, and wild field flowers, all framed by a distinct saline minerality derived from the nearby Atlantic Ocean.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded by Walter Channing with initial vineyard plantings dating back to 1982 in Bridgehampton on Long Island's South Fork, Channing Daughters Winery stands as one of New York's most inventive and boundary-pushing artisanal producers. Guided by partner and winemaker Christopher Tracy alongside partner Larry Perrine, the estate champions low-intervention, sustainable viticulture across its distinctive maritime terroir. The winery is celebrated for its remarkably diverse and adventurous portfolio encompassing more than two dozen grape varieties, ranging from skin-contact orange wines like Meditazione and complex field blends like Mosaico to expressive single-vineyard expressions such as L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay and Scuttlehole Chardonnay. Through experimental fermentations, pet-nats, and traditional method sparklers, Channing Daughters continues to showcase the dynamic potential and saline elegance of East End winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tocai Friulano