Oslavje (2019) (1L)

Based in Italy's Friuli region, Radikon is a pioneering natural wine producer known for their amber wines and extended skin-contact whites. The estate, run by the Radikon family, follows traditional methods including long maceration periods, natural fermentations, and aging in large oak casks without temperature control. Their distinctive orange wines,renowned for their complexity, showing notes of dried fruits, nuts, and tea-like tannins.

From David Bowler Wine

60% Chardonnay/40% Sauvignon Blanc. All of Radikon's whites are made in the same way: the organically farmed, stunningly low-yield, hand-harvested fruit is destemmed and gently crushed with a pneumatic press. The grapes are placed in old Slavonian oak vats and co-fermented with native yeasts. Maceration with the skins lasts about 3 months—however long it takes to reach total dryness--with no temperature control and no sulfur. The wine is racked and aged on its lees in huge Slavonian oak casks (25-35-hectoliter) for 3-4 years, racked twice a year. The wine is then bottled without sulfur and without filtration. The bottles are aged for several years before release.