Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Manferrari's barrique Chardonnay Selezione, the estate's oak-led answer to white Burgundy. Vanilla, almond cream and yellow stone fruit over a saline finish.
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The estate's Friulian field-blend orange wine of Chardonnay, Malvasia Istriana and Friulano. Yellow apple and almond aromatics over a tea-tannin saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
International-varietal field blend (Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Riesling Italico) vinified the same qvevri-and-Slavonian-botti way as Ribolla. Yellow stone fruit, dried orange peel and walnut over a tea-tannin amphora finish.
Gravner Ribolla
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Josko Gravner's flagship Ribolla Gialla, fermented six to seven months on the skins in buried qvevri after his 2001 conversion to the Georgian amphora method. Dried apricot and orange peel aromatics over a tea-tannin palate and a saline pithy finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
The Bensa family's extended-maceration Ribolla, one of the four founding Oslavia orange-wine cellars alongside Gravner, Radikon and Damijan Podversic. Dried apricot, orange peel and almond over a tea-tannin finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The estate's barrique-led Friulian white, Pinot Bianco-led with a touch of dry-vinified Picolit. Yellow stone fruit and almond cream over a saline finish, the oak-aged counterpart to the stainless-steel Terre Alte.
Radikon Ribolla
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Stanko Radikon's pioneering extended-maceration Ribolla, with three to four months on the skins. The wine that put Oslavia on the global orange-wine map alongside Gravner; sold in the distinctive 500 ml bottle Stanko adopted in 2002.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Ronchi di Cialla's Ribolla Gialla from the Cialla holdings, in the still-white idiom (no extended skin contact). Yellow apple and almond blossom over a saline finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Chardonnay from the Salars cru. Almond cream and yellow stone fruit over a saline finish, in the restrained Friulian Chardonnay idiom rather than the New World oak style.