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Tilia estate – Pinot noir, White label, 2017

February 13, 2021ValentinCategories WinePinot noir, Primorska, Tilia Estate, Vipava valleyLeave a Comment on Tilia estate – Pinot noir, White label, 2017

There is something about Vipava valley. And there is a sentimental tie to a grape variety, so delicate, so precious and at the same time able to offer immense pleasures to the drinkers. We’re at Tilia estate, and this time…

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Tilia estate – Pinot Noir, Estate, 2018

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021ValentinCategories WinePinot noir, Primorska, Tilia Estate, Vipava valleyLeave a Comment on Tilia estate – Pinot Noir, Estate, 2018

This snowy Sunday calls for some brightening and what a better choice than Tilia Estate’s‘s Pinot Noir. Coming from “The house of Pinots”, Tilia this has become a true epitome when speaking of Pinot Noir from Vipava Valley and Slovenia…

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Vinart Grand tasting – some of my highlights

March 17, 2020January 5, 2021ValentinCategories WineAmfora, Babić, Bikicki, Bire, Blend Belaj, Cabernet Sauvignon, Charine Tan, Chicateau, CU, Dalmatia, Deux Mers, Dingač, Dvorac Belaj, Erdevik, Erzetič, Exotic Wine Travel, Galić, Grabovac, Gracin, Grand Trianon, grk, Istria, Korak, Krajančič, Kujundžuša, Macerator, Mala Nevina, Malvazija Belaj, Malvazija Istriana, Matjaž Lemut, Merlot, Morava, Nevina, Nostra, Pinto Gris, Plavac mali, Plešivica, pošip, Prokupac, Riesling, Rubido, S/O, Saints Hills, Saša Špiranec, Sauvignon Blanc, Skaramuča, Slavonia, Smederovka, Syrah, Tamjanika, Temet, Tilia Estate, Traminer, Trnjak, Uncensored, Verus, Vinart, Zure2 Comments on Vinart Grand tasting – some of my highlights

Hello, wine-lovers! I’ve been invited by Charine Tan of “Exotic Wine Travel” to attend one of, if not the … Croatia’s biggest wine events – “Vinart Grand tasting“. And boy, oh boy what a treat this was! Among the organizers…

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Cultus – Cultus White, 2019: Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, berries crushed and left to macerate in a stainless steel container. Finally, after a gentle pressing, the wine is racked to mature for twelve months in oak barrels and stainless vats.

This results in a wine of extractive, golden yellow colour with a slight misty and dense texture.

Its bouquet is intense, mature. we perceive baked apple, pineapple, also papaya, candied lemons, notes of dried yellow rose, acacia, nuts, butter, vanilla, white pepper, nutmeg and wild mint.

A wine of softness and warmth. At the same time fresh and mineral balancing its taste. It is intense, full-bodied and has a long, elegant persistence in which we perceive mostly hints of baked apple and sweet spices.

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🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @weinnaturen

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Cultus – Cultus White, 2019: Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, berries crushed and left to macerate in a stainless steel container. Finally, after a gentle pressing, the wine is racked to mature for twelve months in oak barrels and stainless vats.

This results in a wine of extractive, golden yellow colour with a slight misty and dense texture.

Its bouquet is intense, mature. we perceive baked apple, pineapple, also papaya, candied lemons, notes of dried yellow rose, acacia, nuts, butter, vanilla, white pepper, nutmeg and wild mint.

A wine of softness and warmth. At the same time fresh and mineral balancing its taste. It is intense, full-bodied and has a long, elegant persistence in which we perceive mostly hints of baked apple and sweet spices.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @weinnaturen

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Albiana – Modra frankinja, 2017: Grapes for this expression were harvested in September 2017 from the south-facing vineyard Zameje, with marl and clay soil. After destemming and crushing, the mash fermented for five days at controlled temperatures. The young wine was then racked into French and Slavonian oak barrels, where it matured for ten months on fine lees. Finally, it was assembled and bottled with minimum addition of So2.

Albiana’s Frankinja presents with a ruby red colour, with a slightly translucent edge and dense texture.

Its bouquet is intense and alluring. We perceive ripe cherries, raspberries, violet petals, scents of cocoa, cherry tart, tobacco, fern and a touch of graphite.

The palate is soft and warm. Its tannins are accentuated, rounding, and at the same time, showing crisp freshness—an intense, full-bodied wine with pronounced elegance and lasting persistency.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @vinaposavja_savavalleywines
🛒 @gostilnarepovz

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Albiana – Modra frankinja, 2017: Grapes for this expression were harvested in September 2017 from the south-facing vineyard Zameje, with marl and clay soil. After destemming and crushing, the mash fermented for five days at controlled temperatures. The young wine was then racked into French and Slavonian oak barrels, where it matured for ten months on fine lees. Finally, it was assembled and bottled with minimum addition of So2.

Albiana’s Frankinja presents with a ruby red colour, with a slightly translucent edge and dense texture.

Its bouquet is intense and alluring. We perceive ripe cherries, raspberries, violet petals, scents of cocoa, cherry tart, tobacco, fern and a touch of graphite.

The palate is soft and warm. Its tannins are accentuated, rounding, and at the same time, showing crisp freshness—an intense, full-bodied wine with pronounced elegance and lasting persistency.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @vinaposavja_savavalleywines
🛒 @gostilnarepovz

3 days ago

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Fedora – Rebula, 2018: This is actually one of their first renditions of this varietal wine, produced peculiarly. This wine spontaneously ferments and matures for a total of eighteen months in an egg-shaped concrete tank. Finally, it is then bottled without filtration.

This results in a Rebula with hazy, golden yellow colour and dense texture.

Aromas are intense; we perceive yellow apple and fig, grape berries, papaya and mango, as well as yellow petals that are followed by white pepper, nutmeg, with hints of sweet bread crust, butter, and sweet root.

A wine that emanates softness and well-integrated alcohols. But at the same time acts fresh and mineral with a slight astringent grip. Thanks to its pronounced softness, it acts balanced. However, its crisp freshness keeps indicating that it still has a long way to go. A wine of intensity and structure, with a lasting, elegant aftertaste with flavours of citruses, yellow flowers and fruit intertwine with sweet spices.

What a rebula, a remarkable rendition showing elegance and at the same time the power to last for several years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @grasslglass decanter
🛒 @dobro.vino

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Fedora – Rebula, 2018: This is actually one of their first renditions of this varietal wine, produced peculiarly. This wine spontaneously ferments and matures for a total of eighteen months in an egg-shaped concrete tank. Finally, it is then bottled without filtration.

This results in a Rebula with hazy, golden yellow colour and dense texture.

Aromas are intense; we perceive yellow apple and fig, grape berries, papaya and mango, as well as yellow petals that are followed by white pepper, nutmeg, with hints of sweet bread crust, butter, and sweet root.

A wine that emanates softness and well-integrated alcohols. But at the same time acts fresh and mineral with a slight astringent grip. Thanks to its pronounced softness, it acts balanced. However, its crisp freshness keeps indicating that it still has a long way to go. A wine of intensity and structure, with a lasting, elegant aftertaste with flavours of citruses, yellow flowers and fruit intertwine with sweet spices.

What a rebula, a remarkable rendition showing elegance and at the same time the power to last for several years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @grasslglass decanter
🛒 @dobro.vino

4 days ago

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Valter Sirk – Pinot Blanc ConteA, 2012: I mentioned already that Valter is very fond of his Pinot Blanc, and this passion for the variety fully expresses in the wine we’re looking at tonight. Grapes are coming from a vineyard that was planted in 1987. The vinification followed fermentation with maturation in new tonneaux, medium-toasted barrels and at least six months of stabilisation in stainless vats, for a total of five years of the road before being bottled.

All this results in a wine of dense texture, with crystal clear, golden yellow colour.

The aromas are intense, revealing ripe yellow fruit, peach, honeydew melon, papaya and dried yellow flowers. Sweet spices like vanilla and cinnamon are bonded with pan brioche, marzipan, hazelnuts, and honey wax.

The wine is dry and expressively soft. Its freshness is ripe and combines nicely with the minerality, balancing the taste. A wine of intensity, full-bodied, with pronounced elegance evolving in a refined and lasting aftertaste.

A wine indicating it still didn’t say its last words, and that will please its drinkers for the next five to seven years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @enotic.it
🛒 @italvinus

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Valter Sirk – Pinot Blanc ConteA, 2012: I mentioned already that Valter is very fond of his Pinot Blanc, and this passion for the variety fully expresses in the wine we’re looking at tonight. Grapes are coming from a vineyard that was planted in 1987. The vinification followed fermentation with maturation in new tonneaux, medium-toasted barrels and at least six months of stabilisation in stainless vats, for a total of five years of the road before being bottled.

All this results in a wine of dense texture, with crystal clear, golden yellow colour.

The aromas are intense, revealing ripe yellow fruit, peach, honeydew melon, papaya and dried yellow flowers. Sweet spices like vanilla and cinnamon are bonded with pan brioche, marzipan, hazelnuts, and honey wax.

The wine is dry and expressively soft. Its freshness is ripe and combines nicely with the minerality, balancing the taste. A wine of intensity, full-bodied, with pronounced elegance evolving in a refined and lasting aftertaste.

A wine indicating it still didn’t say its last words, and that will please its drinkers for the next five to seven years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @enotic.it
🛒 @italvinus

5 days ago

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Sanctum – My red, 2015: My red blends Pinot noir with Syrah from vines planted on south-facing steep slopes, as the incline is between 30 to 40 %, and are planted between 300 and 400 meters above sea level with soils consisting of predominantly marl and some spots of clay.

Hand-harvested grapes go through a thorough examination, and only the best berries are used in the vinification. After destemming and crushing, the mash ferments spontaneously in small fermenters. Finally, it is gently pressed, and the young wine matures in barrels. For Syrah, 500-litre Slavonian oak barrels are used, and it stays there for forty-eight months, while Pinot Noir is racked into French barriques for thirty-six months. After the assemblage, the wine is bottled without filtration and waits for at least another year before coming to the market.

Sanctum’s My red is a rather transparent, ruby red coloured wine with a dense texture.

His intense bouquet emanates sophistication. We identify plums, ripe cherries, violet petals, notes of vanilla, cherry pie, cloves, pepper, chocolate, coffee, mint and eucalyptus.

The palate is soft, reasonably warm, with just the right amount of freshness and satin tannins to balance the taste. A wine of intensity, accentuated elegance and lasting persistency, in which flavours of cherry, plum, pepper, chocolate and sweet spices are mainly reflected.

A wine that expresses the nobility of Pinot noir, adding a touch of pepper and spice from Syrah, all in all, working in harmony, complementing and elevating each other, and it still has the potential to evolve for the next seven years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @fineslovenianwine
🛒 @mimovrste
🛒 @manna_ljubljana

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Sanctum – My red, 2015: My red blends Pinot noir with Syrah from vines planted on south-facing steep slopes, as the incline is between 30 to 40 %, and are planted between 300 and 400 meters above sea level with soils consisting of predominantly marl and some spots of clay.

Hand-harvested grapes go through a thorough examination, and only the best berries are used in the vinification. After destemming and crushing, the mash ferments spontaneously in small fermenters. Finally, it is gently pressed, and the young wine matures in barrels. For Syrah, 500-litre Slavonian oak barrels are used, and it stays there for forty-eight months, while Pinot Noir is racked into French barriques for thirty-six months. After the assemblage, the wine is bottled without filtration and waits for at least another year before coming to the market.

Sanctum’s My red is a rather transparent, ruby red coloured wine with a dense texture.

His intense bouquet emanates sophistication. We identify plums, ripe cherries, violet petals, notes of vanilla, cherry pie, cloves, pepper, chocolate, coffee, mint and eucalyptus.

The palate is soft, reasonably warm, with just the right amount of freshness and satin tannins to balance the taste. A wine of intensity, accentuated elegance and lasting persistency, in which flavours of cherry, plum, pepper, chocolate and sweet spices are mainly reflected.

A wine that expresses the nobility of Pinot noir, adding a touch of pepper and spice from Syrah, all in all, working in harmony, complementing and elevating each other, and it still has the potential to evolve for the next seven years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @fineslovenianwine
🛒 @mimovrste
🛒 @manna_ljubljana

5 days ago

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Valter Sirk – Pinot Blanc, 2018: Valter dedicates quite the attention to this wine, as it is produced by a nine-month maturation in oak barrels before bottling. He kept this bottle safely stored in the cellar until recently, and finally, I’ve been able to taste it.

Strawy yellow with a golden border and fair density.

Aromas are intense and show a refined touch between the pronounced fruit and blossom character of the variety and the delicate impact of oak. We identify scents of nectarine, melon, mango and bergamot. Lemon blossom intertwines with lemongrass. We also detect hints of butter, almond and a gentle touch of vanilla.

The taste is expressively soft, but at the same time, offering a refreshing and mineral signature. A balanced wine, offering elegance, structure and persistency with flavours of fruit, almonds and citruses in its aftertaste.

It is a wine at its peak, but it has the stamina for a further couple of years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @klubgurmanovskarucna
🛒 @italvinus

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Valter Sirk – Pinot Blanc, 2018: Valter dedicates quite the attention to this wine, as it is produced by a nine-month maturation in oak barrels before bottling. He kept this bottle safely stored in the cellar until recently, and finally, I’ve been able to taste it.

Strawy yellow with a golden border and fair density.

Aromas are intense and show a refined touch between the pronounced fruit and blossom character of the variety and the delicate impact of oak. We identify scents of nectarine, melon, mango and bergamot. Lemon blossom intertwines with lemongrass. We also detect hints of butter, almond and a gentle touch of vanilla.

The taste is expressively soft, but at the same time, offering a refreshing and mineral signature. A balanced wine, offering elegance, structure and persistency with flavours of fruit, almonds and citruses in its aftertaste.

It is a wine at its peak, but it has the stamina for a further couple of years.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @mabat_int
🛒 @delizgurmanskaizkusnja
🛒 @klubgurmanovskarucna
🛒 @italvinus

7 days ago

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Cultus – Pinot noir Eclipse, 2016: Grapes are coming from one of the first vineyards Matej decided to replant back in 2008 when he was still a student. His passion for Pinot noir drove him to plant vines at a well-sungazed plot where Merlot used to be planted, at an altitude of 205 meters above sea level. This sometimes can be a challenge, as the variety is delicate, but it can produce some intricating expressions as in this wine.

Late-harvested grapes were picked, destemmed and left to macerate for three weeks in stainless vinificators with spontaneous fermentation. After a gentle pressing, the wine was racked to mature for 13 months in oak barrels. Finally, it was bottled without filtration.

Cultus Eclipse presents a Pinot noir with a translucent ruby red colour and oily viscosity, that stops it swirl immediately in the glass.

Intense aromas indicate instantly this wine was produced from dried grapes. Prunes, blackberries, black raisins, with a whole plateau of sweet spices like vanilla, cinnamon and cloves, frankincense as well as notes of chocolate, molasses, red pepper and roasted nuts.

Medium-sweet on the palate, with softness and warmth, along with reasonable freshness and tannins, all together blending nicely into a balanced taste. An intense and accentuatedly elegant wine, full-bodied with lasting persistency in which the notes of raisins, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves and coffee are mainly reflected.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @enotheque.si

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Cultus – Pinot noir Eclipse, 2016: Grapes are coming from one of the first vineyards Matej decided to replant back in 2008 when he was still a student. His passion for Pinot noir drove him to plant vines at a well-sungazed plot where Merlot used to be planted, at an altitude of 205 meters above sea level. This sometimes can be a challenge, as the variety is delicate, but it can produce some intricating expressions as in this wine.

Late-harvested grapes were picked, destemmed and left to macerate for three weeks in stainless vinificators with spontaneous fermentation. After a gentle pressing, the wine was racked to mature for 13 months in oak barrels. Finally, it was bottled without filtration.

Cultus Eclipse presents a Pinot noir with a translucent ruby red colour and oily viscosity, that stops it swirl immediately in the glass.

Intense aromas indicate instantly this wine was produced from dried grapes. Prunes, blackberries, black raisins, with a whole plateau of sweet spices like vanilla, cinnamon and cloves, frankincense as well as notes of chocolate, molasses, red pepper and roasted nuts.

Medium-sweet on the palate, with softness and warmth, along with reasonable freshness and tannins, all together blending nicely into a balanced taste. An intense and accentuatedly elegant wine, full-bodied with lasting persistency in which the notes of raisins, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves and coffee are mainly reflected.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @enotheque.si

1 week ago

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Movia – Merlot, 2015: Grapes for this wine come from the south-east facing vineyard Brežič where vines count four decennia and are trained in the mono-guyot system. Bunches are destemmed, crushed and spontaneous fermentation starts in vats. Gentle pressing happens a week after the pomace has stopped fermenting, and the wine is then racked into French barriques to mature for three years. During this time also complete malolactic fermentation occurs. Finally, the wine is bottled without filtration and usually waits for at least two years before coming to the market.

Movia’s Merlot presents with a deep, ruby red colour. The turn in the glass stops quickly, leaving a thick border with slowly slipping tears along the walls of the glass.

Its aromas are intense, recalling ripe black cherry, mulberry and plum. Hibiscus petals are intertwined with a touch of laurel, followed by hints of vanilla, butter and caramel. Finally, scents of chocolate, carob, cedar, eucalyptus and smoke appear in its finish.

The taste is rounded, soft and reasonably warm. At the same time, it refreshes us, while astringent tannins that act silky but still virtuous dry our mouth—a Merlot with an intense taste of lasting persistence, revealing its accentuated, full-bodied elegance. Flavours of ripe fruit, herbs, sweet spices and smoke are confirmed on the palate.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @dobro.vino
🛒 @evino_si
🛒 @vinoteka_sodcek
🛒 @wino_si
🛒 @wineyoushop

#365daysofslovenianwine #slovenianwinesig #winesofslovenia #slovenianwines #mojaslovenija #tasteslovenia #sloveniafood #sloveniafoodexperience #sommsi #asisomms #igersslovenia #wine #winelover #sommlife #winetasting #winetime #winelife #wineporn #winegram #wineoclock

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Movia – Merlot, 2015: Grapes for this wine come from the south-east facing vineyard Brežič where vines count four decennia and are trained in the mono-guyot system. Bunches are destemmed, crushed and spontaneous fermentation starts in vats. Gentle pressing happens a week after the pomace has stopped fermenting, and the wine is then racked into French barriques to mature for three years. During this time also complete malolactic fermentation occurs. Finally, the wine is bottled without filtration and usually waits for at least two years before coming to the market.

Movia’s Merlot presents with a deep, ruby red colour. The turn in the glass stops quickly, leaving a thick border with slowly slipping tears along the walls of the glass.

Its aromas are intense, recalling ripe black cherry, mulberry and plum. Hibiscus petals are intertwined with a touch of laurel, followed by hints of vanilla, butter and caramel. Finally, scents of chocolate, carob, cedar, eucalyptus and smoke appear in its finish.

The taste is rounded, soft and reasonably warm. At the same time, it refreshes us, while astringent tannins that act silky but still virtuous dry our mouth—a Merlot with an intense taste of lasting persistence, revealing its accentuated, full-bodied elegance. Flavours of ripe fruit, herbs, sweet spices and smoke are confirmed on the palate.

📷 @mihaela_majerhold
🍷 @riedel_official
🛒 @dobro.vino
🛒 @evino_si
🛒 @vinoteka_sodcek
🛒 @wino_si
🛒 @wineyoushop

1 week ago

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