2007 Radikon Ribolla Gialla

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.4 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View cardsandwine's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/12/2020 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  Cloudy orange hue, with a bit of oxidation that blows off in a few minutes. Clean palate marked by depth and finesse. Lengthy finish. Really good in the Conterno sensory glass.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Klugi Wine's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/10/2018 - Klugi Wine wrote:

  Hard to rank by commen standards, so I refrain from giving a score. Obviously this wine won’t make the cut for an DOC, since its obvious flaws as most orange wines (oxidation, volatile acidity, ...)
  Nevertheless this is definitely interesting. Once you swirl away the funky, cheesy off notes, there is some sour Apple (Granny Smith), honey and some flowers.
  The palate is quite advanced and has a firm grip with loads of tannins (it went for 2-3 weeks through maceration), in a black tasting glas it would be hard to differentiate this let’s say from a gamay based vin naturel.
  Visited the winery a couple years ago and even if it’s not my favorite wine style, one of the better examples for full throttle orange wines. I think from agebility perspective this could hold really long.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View bobdobilina's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/4/2016 - bobdobilina wrote: 92 Points

  Slightly cloudy burnt orange color - a lot like an aged cider.
  
  Expressive nose of honeysuckle, apricots, a and a leesy-cheesy element.
  
  Quite a creamy texture. Grippy and slightly bitter palate of maple, honey and apricots. Finishes firm, warm and quite spicy (touch of hot pepper).
  
  Bottle notes no sulphites added.
  
  Probably not for everyone, but a top shelf example of orange wine for my palate.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Francois Le Mouel's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/5/2015 - Francois Le Mouel Does not like this wine: 82 Points

  Oxydized nose, dry marmalade, no residual sugar. Well made, but not my style.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View mauropallido's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/30/2015 - mauropallido wrote: 88 Points

  Non mi abituerò mai agli orange wine, non sono molto nelle mie corde: d'altronde se tradizionalmente l'uva a bacca bianca è quasi sempre stata vinificata in bianco, ci sarà pur un motivo...
  Detto questo, ci sono le eccezioni, Radikon è sicuramente una di queste. Nonostante in principio il naso sia molto ossidativo, dominato da quello che a me richiama l'odore di "Crystal ball" (un misto tra sentori di idrocarburi e un blando solvente), poi si apre in un caratteristico bouquet di albicocche disidratate, uvetta passa, buccia di arancia candita, cointreau. In bocca è tannico, citrino, fresco, molto persistente.
  Vino senza dubbio interessante ed anticonformista, ma non da bere col pilota automatico, e non di proverbiale gradevolezza. Prezzo importante.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 6 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.