Radikon Pignoli 2014 (500ml) CS20231026 René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz

René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz and father-in-law Albert Dervieux were legends of the appellation

and on many occasions the sandstone is clearly visible

and their Gruner sees nothing but stainless steel — no oak

This now famous commune in Saumur is known for its laser-sharp Chenin Blanc wines

in the hill rising above the town of Ranzo Borgo at 230 meters above sea level

Radikon Pignoli 2014 (500ml) CS20231026 René Rostaing's uncle Marius GentazRadikon 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,