CZECHIA
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JAROSLAV OSIČKA
PETRA BREDOVA
TŘI ČTVRTĚ
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AMIRAN VEPKHVADZE
CHITO'S GVINO
GOTSA FAMILY WINERY
JAKELI
GIA JAMBERIDZE
ORI MARANI
PAPARI VALLEY
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SLOVAKIA
PIVNICA ČAJKOV
DAVID KUŠICKÝ
MARVLA TINDO
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OF TEKOV
SLOVENIA
KABAJ
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ŠTEMBERGER
ZARO
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EAZY ORANŽNA
EAZY REFOŠK
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SHAVI K’RAVI
THE RIDERS
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PIVOL MALVAZIJA
DRY WHITE WINE
WINE MAKER: Matej Zaro
VINTAGE: 2020
LOCATION: Slovenia, Slovenska Istra, Pivol
VINEYARD (HA): Santa Camela
ASPECT: terraced South East facing, varied exposures
ALTITUDE: 100-150m
YEAR(S) PLANTED: 2005, 1990
SOIL COMPOSITION: Flysch
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Warm Mediterranean
FARMING: Organic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Malvazija
HARVEST: Mid September
MACERATION: destemmed fruit, 30 days
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous, vertical oak tank
AGING: 1 year used Slovanian barrique
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: April, 2023
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 3,000
The majority of Zaro’s vineyards are located within the special Cru of Pivol. The micro appellation is centered in an amphitheater that overlooks the village of Izola and the Adriatic. The stony flysch soils combined with the windy, dry well exposed position are so conducive to organic cultivation that certifying the vineyards was more a matter of paperwork than adjusting farming practices. Zaro Pivol Malvazija is the style of Istrian Malvazija that most defines the variety. It is a heady ambrosial dry wine. Sunny and saline. Suited most of all for simple preparations of shellfish doused in olive oil or salt cured ham. Grapes are typically harvested the first half of September. After a strict selection in the vineyard the grapes are destemmed and combined in 2 2000l Slovenian oak tonne. Fermentation is spontaneous without temperature control on the skins. After 30 days wine is racked through the press back into a combination of tonne and used barriques. All wine was with lees for 12 months and finished malolactic fermentation. Unfined, unfiltered.