Radikon RS Rosso 2023
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Radikon RS Rosso 2023

Radikon
$44.00

Grape: Merlot, Pignolo
Vintage: 2023
Type: Red

Sourced from the terraced slopes of Oslavia, this red wine is a blend of seventy-five percent merlot and twenty-five percent pignolo from Saša Radikon's accessible line. The hand-harvested grapes are grown organically on mineral-dense ponca soils that limit vine yields. The winemaking features a gentle fifteen-day skin maceration inside neutral oak vats driven by native wild yeasts, prioritizing primary fruit energy over heavy extraction. It matures for a year and a half in large neutral Slavonian oak botti before an unfiltered release.

It pour a deep ruby-purple color with magenta edges, opening with fresh aromatics of dark plum, wild blackberry, tart pomegranate, and leather. A medium-bodied frame balances a plush fruit texture with an underlying core of vibrant, mineral-driven acidity. Fine-grained, chalky tannins provide an understated structural grip that coordinates nicely across the fluid mouthfeel. Notes of black pepper and damp forest floor add depth to the core.

Radikon is one of the foundational names of the modern skin-contact and natural-wine movement. Based in Oslavia, in Friuli near the Slovenian border, the Radikon family built its identity around long macerations for white grapes, minimal sulfur and a deeply traditional approach that had become radical by modern standards. Stanko Radikon helped bring these methods to international attention, and the estate continues under his family with Ribolla Gialla, Jakot, Pinot Grigio and other varieties. The wines are amber, structured and savory, less about novelty than about reviving a borderland culture of patience, texture and uncompromising farming.