Prior to this it was a subzone of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC.
[2] Verduzzo grapes destined for DOCG wine production are limited to a harvest yield no greater than 10 tonnes/ha with the grapes allowed to hang on the vine late in the season and may even receive extra drying after picking.
This allows for a greater concentration of sugar which leaves a wine with noticeable residual sweetness even with the high minimum alcohol level of 14% required.
[3] Wine expert Peter Saunders describes well made examples of Ramandolo from favorable vintages as fragrant, full-bodied, slightly tannic and not too sweet.
[3] Karen MacNeil describes Ramandolo as having a copper sheen to its deep yellow color with herbal notes.