This wine showed up on the shelf this weekend, so had to try it:
1. Radikon Ribolla IGT: Venezia Giulia (11.5%; 90 days skin-maceration in large botti; LouisDresnerSlctn) Radikon/Oslavia/Goriza 2018: Deep golden/bit burnished bronze slightly hazy color; very strong phenolic/ViniMacerati/resiny very slight white pepper/RG somewhat earthy/very dusty some alcoholic/volatile/fumey classic Radikon RG nose; quite tart/tangy/very metallic austere very strong VM/very resinous/phenolic rather savory slight RG/white pepper rather tannic/very phenolicflavor w/ some hard tannins;long austere/phenolic finish that follows the flavor; a strongly austere/phenolic classic Radikon RG character that is totally dominated by the VM charater; needs much age like 5-15 yrs but should be a good one; way too young and profoundly unpleasant on the palate; quite metallic & bit oxidative in the finish; not a pleasant wine to taste or drink.; typically Radikon overpriced at $50.00/500 ml (SFW&S)
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More gorligrab from TeBloodyPulpit:
1. Radikon is regarded as one of the great Ribolla/orange wine producer. I have little doubt that this will be a great Radikon w/ 5-15 yrs of age. But at this point in its life, it is pretty unpleasant to drink or taste. I can think of no food matches that would make this a pleasant wine to drink right now, unless it would totally beat the wine into blandness.
If I were a novice wine drinker who bought this wine on the Radikon reputatio, I would, after tasting it, feel compelled to return it to the retailer. Most retailers would not know enough to advise you that this wine badly needs age. Though I have one retailer who would blithely dismiss my complaint with "this is the way it's supposed to taste". But you have to have experience w/ wine like this to understand that it will probably be a great wine w/ much age. But painful to drink right now.
Tom