Pinot Blanc Ventus

Pinot Blanc Ventus
Pinot Blanc Ventus is a fresh and fruity wine with a pleasant rich flavour.
It is widely accepted and renowned for its flavour complexity and its unique and seductive bouquet. The wine has been a constant pleasure for those who favour wines with gentle acidity.


Vintage: 2008

Variety: 100 % Pinot Blanc

Grape growing and winemaking details:
  • Vineyard: Terraced vineyards.
  • Harvest: Harvested by hand, second week of September.
  • Maceration: A shorter cold maceration of crushed grapes.
  • Fermentation: Two weeks at a temperature of 16 ºC.
  • Maturation: 5% in American barriques, the rest in stainless steel vats. Maturation on fine lees till New Year.

Wine description:
  • Colour: Deep golden yellow colour.
  • Nose: Varietal, reminiscent of apples, grapefruit and lemon with hints of vanilla.
  • Palate: The wine has a full, gentle and aromatic taste with predominating flavours of ripe fruit (lemon and grapefruit with a subtle taste of blossoms) and a subtle note of oak.
  • Harmony: Harmonious, warm. Long aftertaste.
  • Ageing potential: Up to 5 years.

Wine parameters:
  • Alcohol: 13,0 %vol.
  • Sugar content: Dry, 2,3g/l of residual sugar.
  • Total acidity: 5,4 g/l.
  • Serving temperature: 10 – 12 ºC.
  • Marriage of food and wine: Gnocchi, lasagne, pasta, mushrooms, gilthead sea bream, scorpion fish, trout, roast goose, goose liver, semi matured cheese (Nanos cheese with a vegetable dish), roasted maize porridge with cheese and smoked ham.

Awards:
  • 2010 - Pinot blanc Ventus 2008 - bronz medal, DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2010, London (Great Britain)
  • 2009 - Beli pinot Ventus 2008 - gold medal - International Fair of Agriculture and Food, Gornja Radgona (Slovenia)




 
     
 
 
 
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