Appelation
Bizeljsko - Sremič
Serving temperature
18 - 20°C
Vintage
2017
Colour
Red wine
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
11,5 vol. %
Varietals
Blaufränkisch
Tasting note
Wine is deeper rubine colour with violet shade. One can sense the undergrowth, mushrooms and ripe dark red fruits. It passionately combines with venison, dishes with mushrooms, dried meat and cheese.
Bottle size
Volume: 0,75 L
Density
4.500 vines/ha
Climate
Continental climate
Annual production
5.300 bottles/ leto
Line
Zajc
Vine training
Lower sparrow vine cultivation
Residual sugar
1,8 g/l
Ageing potential
It gains with age, best in 6-10 years period after the harvest.
Acidity
5,7 g/l
Bottling
Just before the sale.
Terrain
South and southwest location
Quality scheme
Protected designation of origin (PDO)
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 takes place in high steel tank, where contact between grape skin and grape must is maintained with constant slow mixing. Fermentation is started with indigenous yeast. Maceration takes 10 days.
Ageing
After the finished fermentation the wine is beeing enriched for 6 months in wooden barrel, after which it is matured in steel tanks until bottling.
It is best served with mushroom dishes, venison, dried meat dishes, grilled food, aged cheese and blue cheese.