Radikon Jakot 2020 (500ml)

Name: Radikon Jakot 2020 (500ml)
Brand: Farm Wine Imports [FWI]
SKU: SF-3-FWI--050626-500ml11
Price: 52.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$52⁹⁹

Radikon 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." Jakot is Friulano, the name spelled "Tokaj" backwards as a protest after the EU forced the variety's name change. The grapes come from vines originally planted by Stanko Radikon's grandfather on the clay, marl, and limestone slopes of Oslavia, hard against the Slovenian border, where no synthetics have been used since 1995 and yields hover at 2.25 tons per acre. After Stanko's death in 2016, his son Sasa, wife Suzana, and daughter Ivana have carried on, making the wine the way it has always been made: about three months of skin contact, then long aging in large Slavonian oak botti. This 500ml is Stanko's perfect format for solo drinking, his answer to a bottle that's too much for one and too little for two.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2020 Jakot wafts up with a sweetly floral blend of ripe peaches and apricots complemented by a dusting of confectionery spice. It is more savory on the palate, with soothingly round textures and nuances of ginger-infused baked apple that settle on the senses. A saline mineral saturation lingers on the tension-filled finish." —Eric Guido

Robert Parker

93 points

"A pure expression of Friulano, the Radikon 2020 Jakot cannot carry the grape’s name under IGT rules, leading the estate to use “Jakot”—Tokaj spelled backwards. Tokaj is the name locals use for Friulano, a semi-aromatic variety native to the area. The wine undergoes three months of skin maceration, resulting in a bright golden hue and a deeply textural profile. The nose is especially floral and fragrant, with white flowers and lifted aromatics, while the palate shows orange peel and apricot framed by notable freshness. In the borderlands of Oslavia, where Friulano has long been a defining grape despite shifting political and naming conventions, Jakot stands as both a stylistic and cultural statement of identity." —Monica Larner

More about Radikon

Stanko Radikon was a true icon of both the traditional wines and grapes of Friuli and of uncompromising, natural winemaking. The type of winemaking that Stanko begin implementing in 1995 wasn't new, it was actually a return to how his grandfather made wine.

Using extended macerations, or skin contact, with white grapes is now a global trend known to many as "orange wine", but this is indeed the tradition in certain regions including the Italian-Slovenian borderlands of Friuli. It was only in the second half of the 20th century that the region focused on more "international" styled wines, without skin contact and with fining and filtration.

After working alongside his father for a few years, Stanko abandoned this style, realizing that the local grapes benefited greatly from the traditional methods of his region. He also began bottling everything in specially designed 500ml and 1 liter bottles, as he preferred these for both serving and aging. This uncompromising approach was a tough sell as far as marketing is concerned, but Stanko didn't care.

His stubborn insistence on tradition and quality eventually paid off, and his wines and his estate are now revered around the world. Sadly Stanko succumbed to cancer in 2016 at the age of 62. His children, led by his son Saša, have taken the reigns and are continuing his legacy.

Saša has been deeply involved in the farming and winemaking for over a decade, and he is devoted to his father's philosophy. That said he is his own person, thoughtful and serious minded but also practical and, in the right mood quite funny.