Italy
Sivi - 2021 - Saša Radikon
Radikon
Complex nose of candied orange, tangerine, ginger, dried apricot, white flowers and minerality. Palate: sublime volume, a very spherical wine carried by a high-flying acidity-tannin diptych. Long, very fine finish, without exuberance.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Venezia Giulia IGT
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2023 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
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Pinot Gris from vines averaging 30 years old, grown organically on marl and sandstone soils. Hand-harvested, low yields. Vinification: total de-stemming, two weeks of maceration, gentle pressing, aged on its lees for a year and a half in 3500-liter casks that have seen several wines. Bottled at the estate without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulfur. Sivi means "gray" in Slovenian, in reference to the pink-gray color of the grape skin.

Saša Radikon
Saša Radikon embodies the 5th generation of the legendary Radikon estate, located in Olsavia, Italy, on the border with Slovenia. His father, Stanko Radikon, played a major role in the renaissance of skin-contact wines, the precursor of orange wine even before the success of today's natural wines! Saša took over the reins of the estate after his father's death in 2016. A fine legacy: 12...
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