"NATURAL WINE"
ORANGE WINE
This benchmark "orange wine" is a traditional style of Friulian Pinot Grigio winemaking, called the "ramato" (coppered). Like with red grapes, it's fermented with the skins for 8-14 days (depending on the vintage and plots), creating a coppery-pink hue. It's then aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for 18 months, and bottled unfiltered with a minimum of sulfites. This is for fans of 'naturally-styled' wines, with orange citrus, spicy clove and a hint of saddle leather; with a little grip of tannin and a humming acidity, it has a great balance of fruit, tangy lift and framing structure... a bit delicously drinkable, a bit serious! Try decanting or letting it open up in the glass a bit, and experiment with a range of flavorful, savory dishes.
VINOUS 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Bianco Sivi, Radikon’s 100% Pinot Grigio that spends eight to ten days macerating on the skins, is a vivid, dark, pink color with violet hues. This is wonderfully fresh and floral with a spicy bouquet that blends rose petals with ginger and incense. It’s potent and savory in style, with juicy acidity to balance the depths of tart citrus and wild berry fruits that cascade throughout. The 2022 tapers off with a balance of sweet spice and cheek-puckering citrus, adding remarkable contrasts through the long and perfumed finale." - Eric Guido
ORANGE WINE
This benchmark "orange wine" is a traditional style of Friulian Pinot Grigio winemaking, called the "ramato" (coppered). Like with red grapes, it's fermented with the skins for 8-14 days (depending on the vintage and plots), creating a coppery-pink hue. It's then aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for 18 months, and bottled unfiltered with a minimum of sulfites. This is for fans of 'naturally-styled' wines, with orange citrus, spicy clove and a hint of saddle leather; with a little grip of tannin and a humming acidity, it has a great balance of fruit, tangy lift and framing structure... a bit delicously drinkable, a bit serious! Try decanting or letting it open up in the glass a bit, and experiment with a range of flavorful, savory dishes.
VINOUS 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Bianco Sivi, Radikon’s 100% Pinot Grigio that spends eight to ten days macerating on the skins, is a vivid, dark, pink color with violet hues. This is wonderfully fresh and floral with a spicy bouquet that blends rose petals with ginger and incense. It’s potent and savory in style, with juicy acidity to balance the depths of tart citrus and wild berry fruits that cascade throughout. The 2022 tapers off with a balance of sweet spice and cheek-puckering citrus, adding remarkable contrasts through the long and perfumed finale." - Eric Guido
