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KABAJ
2017 RAVAN
dry orange wine.VINTAGE: 2017
REGION, SUB-REGION & VILLAGE: Goriška Brda, Šlovrenc - Slovenia.
VINEYARD(S): Ravan, Jez, Corno.
ALTITUDE: 200m - 400m
SOIL COMPOSITION: Marl, Flysh.
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Converging Mediterranean and Alpine climate.
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Low/no till, ecological treatments, manure.
COMPOSITION: Zeleni Sauvignon.
HARVEST: Early September.
MACERATION: 10 days on the skins, destemmed fruit.
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous fermentation is stainless steel.
AGING: 2 years on the fine lees in used French barrique.
FINING & FILTRATION METHODS: None.
DATE OF BOTTLING: Oct. 15th.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 8,000.
REGION, SUB-REGION & VILLAGE: Goriška Brda, Šlovrenc - Slovenia.
VINEYARD(S): Ravan, Jez, Corno.
ALTITUDE: 200m - 400m
SOIL COMPOSITION: Marl, Flysh.
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Converging Mediterranean and Alpine climate.
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Low/no till, ecological treatments, manure.
COMPOSITION: Zeleni Sauvignon.
HARVEST: Early September.
MACERATION: 10 days on the skins, destemmed fruit.
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous fermentation is stainless steel.
AGING: 2 years on the fine lees in used French barrique.
FINING & FILTRATION METHODS: None.
DATE OF BOTTLING: Oct. 15th.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 8,000.
This is the only wine that KABAJ makes that includes fruit from a plot of 50 year old vines planted in Italy that give the wine its depth."Sexy skin" is what Jean-Michel calls Zeleni Sauvignon due to its especially soft skins. The grape is prone to botrytis. Some amount which often makes its way into the wine. The easiest of the Kabaj wines Ravan is often mistook as a white wine despite fermenting with the skins for more than a week. At harvest the grape is green and it retains a bit of this color even through bottling. The flavor are herbal, citric, a bit spicy. The texture is almost glossy. As with all the Kabaj wines (except the sparkling wines) it is better to drink it at room temperature, yes room temperature, than refrigerated. It is a perfect wine with Spring and Summer flavors.
FROM THE WINEMAKER: First we harvest Jez, then Ravan, these ferment together. Corno is kept separate and is the source of depth and power for the wine. While often we do not press grapes, we press Zeleni because we want whatever tannins we can get. The grape is old and has almost as much importance to our region and home as Rebula . It is in the same family as Sauvignon, Most probably it came from what is today Italy. In Slovenia there is a lot of Zeleni. It gives a lot of quantity. When you pay someone 50 cents per kilo regardless of quality what will they grow? When high yields are restricted the fruit is more expressive. It grows well in flat places because it does not need so much exposure, this allows us to still make something special even from our lowing lying positions. It is a delicate variety and often develops a little botrytis.
FROM THE WINEMAKER: First we harvest Jez, then Ravan, these ferment together. Corno is kept separate and is the source of depth and power for the wine. While often we do not press grapes, we press Zeleni because we want whatever tannins we can get. The grape is old and has almost as much importance to our region and home as Rebula . It is in the same family as Sauvignon, Most probably it came from what is today Italy. In Slovenia there is a lot of Zeleni. It gives a lot of quantity. When you pay someone 50 cents per kilo regardless of quality what will they grow? When high yields are restricted the fruit is more expressive. It grows well in flat places because it does not need so much exposure, this allows us to still make something special even from our lowing lying positions. It is a delicate variety and often develops a little botrytis.
