Ribolla Gialla, Radikon
Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Ribolla Gialla, Radikon - 2020

500 mL
Item # 11643

500ml bottle size. A white wine that's vinified as though it were a red. Deep orange yellow in color with a myriad of aromas: nuts, dried apricots, lemon, orange, fennel & sage. A wine to savor, to examine, to please your curious palate. Chill just slightly if at all.

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Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Orange wine is made by using white wine grapes, which are pressed and left in contact with the skins, seeds, and stems for an extended period of time, similar to how red wine is made.

This prolonged maceration extracts color, tannins, and phenols, giving the wine a darker, sometimes orange color. It also produces a wine with more structure and intense flavor.

Maceration times can vary between a few hours to many months, with longer contact giving more color and extraction.


More About This Wine

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Famous for its fascinating and unusual white wines, this region is home to many avant-garde winemakers (such as Gravner and Vie di Romans) who have expanded their repertoire of winemaking styles to include both the most modern, stainless-steel and barrique-influenced wines, to über-traditional wines with long maceration periods, fermented in clay amphorae. The grape that benefits most from the latter of these unusual and ancient techniques is the white varietal, Ribola Gialla, which yields...

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