Winemaker Notes
A wine with a deep, ruby red color and dense texture. Its accentuated and refined bouquet intertwines perceptions of fruit with its ageing in large oak barrels. We perceive hints of blackcurrant, blueberry, blackberry, and mulberry, that connect with violets, licorice, fern, and humus. Over time, the aromas of chocolate and coffee open. The taste is intense, fine. We perceive softness, with well-integrated alcohol, at the same time making a refreshing and tannic effect. The tannins are youthful, they dry our palate and play with freshness in an intense and long-lasting, elegant taste. A full-bodied wine with an elegant taste that confirms the flavors of black berries, pepper, and smoke.
It will be the right accompaniment to a Florentine steak, or a dish where venison reigns supreme, accompanied by some chocolate or other sweet sauce.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
A picturesque, eastern European wine growing nation, Slovenia can claim one of the most ancient winemaking cultures in all of Europe. Its history dates back to the Celts and Illyrians tribes, well before the Romans had any influence on France, Spain or Germany. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that Slovenia developed a more refined, private-sector wine industry.
Today it is a powerful source of some of the industry’s most important orange wines (whites made with extended skin contact); furthermore, fully three quarters of the country’s wine production is white.
Slovenian weather is continental with hot summers and cold, wet winters. It is divided into three wine regions: Podravje in Slovenia’s northeast; Primorska in its west, close to Italy; and Posavje in its southeast. These are further divided to nine wine districts.