Radikon Merlot 2004 50 cl

Oslavia, Italy

Unique, inimitable and uncompromising, this is the style of Radikon, undoubtedly one of the cult companies in the world of natural wine, a fantastic producer that needs no introduction.

Radikon is located in Oslavia in the Collio just a few passes from Slovenia and has 12 hectares of mostly steeply sloping land dominated by Ponka, a marly stratification of ecocene origin.

The great native Friulian grape varieties such as Ribolla Gialla, Friulano, Malvasia Istriana and Pinot Grigio are cultivated here. Two international evergreens and practically adopted sons of the territory such as Merlot and Chardonnay also find their place here.

The history of the winery dates back to the second half of the 1970s when Stanislao, aka Stanko, Radikon took over the management of the family vineyards from his father. It is strange, but at first he produces in a conventional, industrial manner, but noticing that his wines are all the same, stereotypical and not even a vague idea of what he is going to be, horrified, he decides to change his style.

No more chemicals in the vineyard or cellar, no sulphur dioxide, even in small quantities, replaced by very long maceration on the skins in wooden containers.

The wines he obtains are dreamy, unimaginable and unattainable, not only a pure and very high expression of the terroir but also multiform, of personality and exciting. Never banal nor the same, year after year.

Today, the winery is in the hands of Sasa, Stanko's son, another ace who carries on the winery philosophy with pride and vision.