Type: Orange

Vintage: 2022

Grape variety: 80% Chardonnay/20% Tocai Friulano

Country: Italy

Region: Friuli

Case size: 12/750mL

80% Chardonnay/20% Tocai Friulano. A beautiful blend that has spent less time in contact with the grape skins and is released earlier. The wine is still undoubtedly “orange,” but in a lighter and fruitier style than the 2013s. Very enjoyable as an aperitif, or with nutty Italian cheeses.

"The 2022 Bianco Slatnik is wild with an exotic bouquet of incense and dried flowers, tangerine and hints of fresh mint. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness that gives way to tropical melon and citrus tones, all guided by juicy acidity. It finishes with admirable length and is potent yet still remarkably fresh, leaving traces of candied grapefruit and spice. This is an intense vintage of Slatnik, yet the balance cannot be denied. It’s a blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Tocai Friulano that spends eight days macerating on the skins. Drinking window: 2024 - 2029."
92 pts, Eric Guido, Vinous, December 2023