Radikon - 'Slatnik' Venezia Giulia IGT Bianco 2022
Price: $39.99
| Producer | Radikon |
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| Country | Italy |
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| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
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| Subregion | Venezia Giulia IGT |
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| Varietal | Chardonnay |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 35963 |
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80% Chardonnay/20% Tocai Friulano. Radikon's 750ml bottlings, known informally as the "S" line, are Sasa Radikon's addition to his dad Stanko's original 500ml line: they are still "orange" wines but less intensely so due to a shorter period of skin contact and aging. Otherwise, all of the wines are made identically: the Chardonnay and Sauvignon are destemmed, crushed and co-fermented with natural yeasts in oak vat, with no temperature control and no sulfur. Maceration lasts for 10-14 days (versus 2.5-3 months for the flagship wines). After a gentle pressing, the wine is put in 6000-liter Friulian-made French oak botti for a year on its lees; it is bottled with a tiny amount of sulfur and without filtration and then aged in bottle for a year before release. Slatnik is named for a nearby village.
