Radikon Pignoli 2014 (500ml) 071126OFFER A Loire vigneron gone rogue

A Loire vigneron gone rogue in the high country of Ribera del Duero

adding texture without overwhelming the fruit

finest slopes—concentrated essence distilled through whole-cluster

with a finish of leather and oak and can best be enjoyed neat or on the rocks

fermented spontaneously with partial whole-cluster and 14 to 21 days on the skins

Radikon Pignoli 2014 (500ml) 071126OFFER A Loire vigneron gone rogueRadikon stands alone: no one does it like this Friulian superstar. As Eric Asimov put it, these wines "astound for their purity, their distinctiveness and their almost radical evocation of a pre modern age." Pignoli is the family's collector cuvee: an obscure Friulian red grape, notoriously low yielding and unforgiving in the vineyard, that Stanko championed when almost no one else would. The vines grow on clay, marl, and limestone above Oslavia,