Type: Orange

Vintage: 2019

Grape variety: 100% Ribolla Gialla

Country: Italy

Region: Friuli

Case size: 6/1L

100% Ribolla Gialla from estate vines averaging over 50 years old. “A wine of brutal complexity and depth of flavour, one of the most thrilling orange wines out there”, according to natural wine expert and Master of Wine Isabelle Legeron. She considers this wine “a journey in a glass,” as it will continue to evolve after the first pouring. A full-bodied wine with notes of marmalade, star anise and almond. A rich, structured savoury wine for hearty food.

"Wickedly fresh, the 2019 Ribolla wafts up with a perfumed blend of young peaches, dried flowers and wet stone. It’s silky smooth yet full of mineral tension. A salty flourish gives way to masses of tart orchard fruits and a staining of liquid florals. This tapers off classically dry with a citrusy concentration that puckers the cheeks and forces the mouth to water. This is an especially gastronomic Ribolla that’s already showing beautifully yet should show even better after a few years of cellaring. Drinking window: 2025 - 2031."
93 pts, Eric Guido, Vinous, December 2023