2012 Gravner Ribolla

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  3/2/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 95 Points

  (100% Ribolla Gialla. Auch im Friaul war ein schöner Sommer, gefolgt von viel Regen im Herbst, entsprechen hoch war der Botrytis-Druck, 14.5% Alkohol) Bernsteinfarben und mit intensivem Duft, viel Honig, Bienenwachs, getrocknete Kräuter, Lavendelblüten, Milchschokolade, Dörraprikosen, Hibiskus-Tee, ein faszinierendes Duftspiel. Im Gaumen mit Schmelz und Fülle, süsse, perfekt reife Frucht, top Struktur, die Gerbstoffe sind von höchster Güte, der Wein hat Struktur, viel Kraft und zeigt dennoch eine grosse Eleganz. Im Abgang mit salziger Note und grandioser aromatischer Länge. Ein Amber-Gedicht, ein Wein der singt. 97 vvPunkte

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  7/13/2023 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Intensity and depth.

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  11/15/2022 - forceberry wrote: 98 Points

  Fermented spontaneously with the skins in clay amphorae buried underground. After the fermentation and long maceration, the wine was pressed and returned to age for another 5 months in amphorae. After aging in amphorae, the wine was transferred to old botti casks, in which the wine was aged for 6 years. Bottled without fining, filtration or sulfites. 14% alcohol. The wine was tasted blind, but the bottle it was served from was opened about a week earlier before I tasted it.
  
  Beautiful, deep and wonderfully luminous burnished golden color. The nose is just stunning with complex, laryered aromas of beeswax and honeycomb, some perfumed floral tones, a little bit of ripe apricot, light zesty notes of clementine, a hint of arctic bramble and a touch of terracotta. There's lots of everything and the overall aroma seems to change with every sniff. The wine feels dry, dense and quite viscous on the palate yet surprisingly fresh and firm at the same time with its rather full body, quite high acidity and gentle, textural and quite resolved tannins. There are layered flavors of honey and beeswax, some ripe nectarine, a little bit of apple jam, light perfumed floral nuances, an exotic hint of fivespice or other fragrant spices and all this followed by a fascinating, savory combination of subtle salinity and rather pronounced streak of umami. It is quite hard to describe the wine fully, but the closest thing I can think of is a Beerenauslese that has all the flavors and viscosity - just not any of the sweetness. This is truly compelling stuff. The finish is long and savory with a tiny bit of tannic grip and a complex aftertaste of beeswax, some acacia honey, a little bit of ripe apricot, light zesty notes of blood orange, a MSG-like hint of umami and a perfumed touch of fragrant wild flowers.
  
  People often seem to complain how orange wines are oxidative, funky and weird. I'm not saying there aren't wines like those, but to group all the wines in the genre into such category is just absurd. For example this wine was not any of those things - well, the jury is still out for "weird", since I guess this might feel like a weird wine if one is unfamiliar with skin-contact whites. However, as a whole, this was just a fantastic wine and easily among the best orange wines I've tasted. The craziest thing was how after I had tasted the wine, the person told me he had actually bought the wine in a restaurant in Italy a week earlier, but after tasting it he thought the wine needed more time, so he just recorked the bottle and took it back home. So this wine was opened about a week ago and it had traveled across Europe - and it was still in a pristine condition! This truly shows how much these Gravners need time and how long they can stay in great shape after opening a bottle. At 80€ in a restaurant, this wasn't an affordable amber wine, but managed to easily deliver for the price. Stunning stuff by any standards, very highly recommended.

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  11/12/2022 - RickSanchez Likes this wine: 94 Points

  For those with an appreciation for orange wine, this is tops. It’s a complex wine that is deep amber in color and has a nose of ripe apple, dried apricot, and some subtle brandy-like notes. Medium full body with flavors of honey, dried stone fruit, rich earthy undertones, and flavors somewhat reminiscent of herbal tea. Nice mouth feel, smooth. A special and fun wine.

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  7/21/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Freshening up, but not by a huge amount. Guess orange wine needs to open up!

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