Ribolla Anfora '16

Joško Gravner. A Living Legend. His Most Iconic Wine.

Josko Gravner in Collio Goriziano, a small northern Italian region bordering Slovenia, is a living legend in the natural wine world.

He's working with indigenous varieties, in this case Ribolla Gialla. The wine undergoes a lengthy skin-contact followed by 6+ years of aging in large neutral barrels. Despite already having nearly a decade of age, this wine has the potential to age even longer.

It is exotic, wild, chaotic, beautiful, puzzling and bizarre all at once. There are these sherry-like notes of nuts, brine alongside black tea, marmalade, honeysuckle and dusty clay. High-toned and bold. The wine continues to get better with time after you pull the cork and continues gaining complexity for days.

Enjoy with savoury cuisine and complex aged cheeses. He's also neighbours with another orange wine icon, Sasa Radikon, which can be a fun side-by-side tasting.

Tasting Notes

• 🍛 Aroma: Sherry-like notes of nuts and brine alongside black tea, marmalade, honeysuckle, and dusty clay
• ✨ Palate: High-toned and bold — complex, layered, and alive
• 🕒 Evolution: Continues to gain complexity for days after the cork is pulled

Details

• Producer: Gravner
• Region: Collio Goriziano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
• Vintage: 2016
• Grape: Ribolla Gialla
• Style: Skin-contact (orange wine), amphora-fermented
• Aging: Lengthy skin maceration in qvevri + 6+ years in large neutral barrels

Serve with savoury cuisine and complex aged cheeses. Gravner is neighbours with another orange wine icon, Sasa Radikon — a side-by-side tasting is one of the great wine experiences you can have. Open it, pour it, and don't rush it.