Radikon, Ribolla Gialla, Venezia Giulia IGT

On sight, light amber/golden orange in color, slight haze, some bubbles show on the rim (but not sparking). Nose does have a hint of Brett, alpine herbs, apricot, mandarin skin, hazelnut skin, saline, wet rock. Light bodied, dry, high tannins, high acid, medium-plus complexity. Flavors of saline, hazelnut skin, orange marmalade, dried alpine herbs, tangerine zest, underripened pear, volcanic soil. Stone fruit comes more to light as it opens and decants. Very fun and interesting

2019 vintage

Classic Radikon Ribolla nose of orange, tangerine, chestnut and picks up notes of grapefruit, hibiscus and white strawberry with air. Plenty of acidity with tightly-wound grippy tannins. This still has a long life ahead of it.

2019 vintage

Lots of VA at first. Interesting orange color that almost had a hint of pink to it at first. The VA blew off quickly, giving way to orange, stone fruit, and sour candied fruit. Had a butterscotch note on the nose. Overall, lots of cool flavors but thought this was not super well integrated. I had a glass of gravner ribolla recently, and compared to that, this radikon had a sharpness to the acidity and less depth, and just wasn't …

2019 vintage

My first Radikon and not really tempted to buy more. I've had a decent amount of Natural wines, orange wines and unique wines and this to me felt disjointed and unbalanced. Very ripe and intense without having the acidity or the purity to balance it out. Felt syrupy on the palate and the finish while long lacked any enjoyment. Very cloudy amber color. Nose of apricots, candied oranges, VA, grapefruit peel and caramel. On the palate, overripe apricot jam, mixed …

2019 vintage

Intense nose of butterscotch, orange candy, vanilla, peach rings, and V.A. On the palate, the candied orange and stone fruit flavors dominate over the more caramel-y flavors, which play a background role. Noticeable tannins. Needed some time in the glass to knit together and for some of the VA to blow off. Complex and a little challenging. Good with cheese!

2019 vintage

Tasting at Radikon (Gorizia) : concentrated dessert wine nose (apricot jam) concentrated palate, spicy sour finish great stuff

2019 vintage

Cloudy orange hue, with a bit of oxidation that blows off in a few minutes. Clean palate marked by depth and finesse. Lengthy finish. Really good in the Conterno sensory glass.

2007 vintage

PNP into Zalto Damijan glass (“Root” day): Medium bright copper to the eyes. Savoury, juicy and mature but high toned stone fruits like apricots. Honeyed/slightly preserved apricots. Great palate concentration and good intensity of flavours. Good length. 93 points to me.

2001 vintage

Hard to rank by commen standards, so I refrain from giving a score. Obviously this wine won’t make the cut for an DOC, since its obvious flaws as most orange wines (oxidation, volatile acidity, ...) Nevertheless this is definitely interesting. Once you swirl away the funky, cheesy off notes, there is some sour Apple (Granny Smith), honey and some flowers. The palate is quite advanced and has a firm grip with loads of tannins (it went for 2-3 weeks through …

2007 vintage

Slightly cloudy burnt orange color - a lot like an aged cider. Expressive nose of honeysuckle, apricots, a and a leesy-cheesy element. Quite a creamy texture. Grippy and slightly bitter palate of maple, honey and apricots. Finishes firm, warm and quite spicy (touch of hot pepper). Bottle notes no sulphites added. Probably not for everyone, but a top shelf example of orange wine for my palate.

2007 vintage

Oxydized nose, dry marmalade, no residual sugar. Well made, but not my style.

2007 vintage

Non mi abituerò mai agli orange wine, non sono molto nelle mie corde: d'altronde se tradizionalmente l'uva a bacca bianca è quasi sempre stata vinificata in bianco, ci sarà pur un motivo... Detto questo, ci sono le eccezioni, Radikon è sicuramente una di queste. Nonostante in principio il naso sia molto ossidativo, dominato da quello che a me richiama l'odore di "Crystal ball" (un misto tra sentori di idrocarburi e un blando solvente), poi si apre in un caratteristico bouquet …

2007 vintage

The best of the bunch, not counting the Fuori dal Tempo

2007 vintage

From memory. Cloudy iced-tea orange. Nose of dry flowers, pommes fruits, and gravel. The palate is surprisingly light-handed, white fruits, tannins, and minerals make it very refreshing considering relatively low acid. The finish is medium-long. This wine was best just lightly chilled, enjoyed with steelhead trout and then roast chicken. A versatile wine which would be a great routine drink if not for the price.

2001 vintage

Opened right out of cellar. Took about 30 minutes to come around. Drank nicely, but I think it is time to drink this up. Second bottle a few nights later was superb, with no signs of decline. Chalk up first bottle to bottle variation.

2001 vintage

Drank at Otto e Mezzo with Robert

2001 vintage

Continues to drink well, Great purity, complexity and balance.

2001 vintage

This continues to drink beautifully. Still young and fresh.

2001 vintage

Degustato in cena con amici. Ecco un vino alla "Gravner" cioè naturale e così detto cerebrale. Al naso ha una riduzione, rimane un po chiuso, a fine cena non si apre, il giorno dopo inizia un po ad aprirsi, l'ultimo sorso tenuto per questo fine dopo due giorni il vino non si è aperto più di molto. In bocca invece è tutt'altra cosa presentando una bella struttura e buoni tannini equilibrati (propri di questi tipi di vini considerati "anomali"). In …

2001 vintage

This is the firs time I'am drinking this type of wine (unfiltered white) and I find it very unusual. I imbibe it with stewed duck and I was very content with this wine. It is unclean with little crust, deep orange color. What I liked most was sweet floral nose, like desert table wine, but taste was plane with little bit aside. In conclusion I would like to add that next time I see this wine in wineshop I'll definitely …

2001 vintage

Light orange with a cloudy, almost opaque color. Thie first time I ever had this wine, and I was disappointed. There were complex note of granite and flint, but the center was very hollow and I really had to search for the parts I liked. It just seemed sort of flabby and dead. Maybe just a bad bottle or past its time.

2001 vintage

Last tasted in July of 2009. Fabulous wine. Cloudy, amber color, with multiple layers of minerals and complexity. Evolves sip by sip with a 45 second finish. A joy to drink. I do not subscribe to a point rating system. if you have never had a Radikon wine and you enjoy old word, purely made wines, you will love this wine.

2001 vintage

Stone fruit pit, pomelo, initial nose reminicent of moscato alexandira; drank half boitle tongiht, coated with argon and re-corked for tomorrow afternoon

2001 vintage

"Orange" Wines (white grapes fermented w/extended skin contact) (The Jug Shop, San Francisco, California) : Light orange color with slight cloudiness; intriguing, VA, tart orange, clementine, mineral, green herb and smoke nose; tasty, tart, tight orange, tangerine, mineral palate with tangy acidity, tart tannins and a tart mint note showing toward the medium-plus finish 91+ pts.

2001 vintage

Wonderfully fragrant, stone fruit, marmalade, spice, spice and the wildest orange/amber color. This possesses moderate complexity and actually developed very little over a 2-3 hour dinner. There is definitely some grip and astringency on the finish, and more stone fruit and floral flavors. While i really like this wine i was a bit let down, maybe my expectations were to high. The mouth actually seemed to close over the 2 hours? Even though it was complex, it didn't change or …

2001 vintage

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