Appelation

Bizeljsko - Sremič

Serving temperature

10 - 12 °C

Vintage

2017

Colour

Red sparkling wine

Sweetness

Dry

Alcohol

11,0 vol. %

Varietals

Blaufränkisch

Tasting note

Small berries. It is nice refreshment when not too cold and aditive to meat main course. Roastbeef on Rocket bed, venison roast, pork medallion wrapped in bacon... it feels great with them.

Bottle size

Volume: 0,75 L

Density

5.000 vines/ha

Climate

continental climate

Annual production

1.300 bottles/leto

Line

Zajc

Vine training

Double guyot

Residual sugar

17,3 g/l

Ageing potential

Modra frankinja sparkling wine is still gaining as it matures.

Acidity

5,64 g/l

Bottling

After secondary fermentation, the sparkling wine is bottled in wine bottles for sparkling wines.

Terrain

South and southwest location

Quality scheme

Protected designation of origin (PDO)

Soil

Marl and sandstone with limestone binder.

Harvest notes

Top quality harvest with short grape delivery from wineyard to start of maceration. Grapes are nurtured nature friendly, strictly selected and picked exclusively by hand.

Vinification

Maceration and fermentation take place in parallel. After the primary fermentation is completed, boiling liqueur is added in the technology of the charmat method, which stimulates the secondary fermentation of the base wine. Everything takes place in steel tanks.

Ageing

In bottles, immediately after secondary fermentation.