EAZY FROM IZOLA!
DRY ORANŽNA WINE
WINEMAKER: Matej Zaro
VINTAGE: 2022
REGION: Slovenia, Slovenska Istra, Izola
VINEYARD: mixed vineyard of old vines
ASPECT: Southerly exposition
ALTITUDE: 150m
SOIL: Flysch and Clay
FARMING: Organic
GRAPE(S): Malvazija, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Yellow Muscat
HARVEST: mid September
MACERATION: Destemed, maceration of 14 days mixed varieties. 15% was Malvazija pressed off of the skins
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous in stainless steel, small percentage of oak tank aged Malvazija.
AGING: 2 year in stainless steel
FILTRATION: Unfiltered
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 6,000
ORANŽNA
is a saline skin contact white wine made from grapes grown along Slovenia’s Adriatic Coast. It was intended to be the final wine of the vineyard, which was set to be grafted to other varieties but the wine was too good to not allow the vines a few more vintages. Technically it is two vineyards. About 15% percent of the juice is Malvazija from a site that gives a flinty structure to the wine, a welcome balance to, the sunny disposition of the old vines. It is a quintessential expression of Coastal Slovenian skin contact white wine AKA Orange Wine.