Hrvatska vina / Wines from Croatia / Viner från Kroatien

English:

I have been fascinating of Croatian wines for some time and If you are a fan of BIG red wines then 2008 Zlatan Otok “Zlatan Plavac Grand Cru”, made from Plavac Mali grapes, is the wine for you.

They say it’s Croatia’s rarest wine, it enjoys a cult status and comes from vineyards on steep southern slopes of Hvar island (Sveta Nedjelja) with yield of only 0.5 kg per vine, Explosion of ripe, almost dried black  (plums, blackberry) earthy leather, cigar smoke in the nose, in the mouth again ripe fruit, chocolate, plenty of extract supported by solid freshness. Finaly this wine will last for ages.

I was very curious to try Zlatan Plenković’s new wine that he made from the most popular grape variety in America, Zinfandel or in Croatian Crljenak.

The nose was fantastic of mature dark red fruit with a beautiful taste of ripe red fruit, apple smoke, cinnamon, and cloves with a lingering long finish with nice tannins, great wine.

The only negative thing must be the price that is high and when you fight with wines from other countries you have to take this in consideration.

Hrvatski:

 Ja sam bio fascinantan hrvatskih vina za neko vrijeme, a ako ste fan Big crnih vina pa 2008 Zlatan Otok "Zlatan Plavac Grand Cru", od grožđa Plavac Mali, vino je za vas.
Oni kažu da je Hrvatska u najrjeđih vino, on uživa kultni status, a dolazi iz vinograda na strmim južnim obroncima otoka Hvara (Sveta Nedjelja) s prinosom od samo 0,5 kg po lozi, eksplozije zrelih, gotovo suhe crne (šljive, kupine) zemljani kože , cigara dim u nosu, u ustima opet zrelo voće, čokolada, puno ekstrakta podržano čvrstim svježine. Na kraju ovo vino će trajati dobi.
Bio sam jako znatiželjan pokušati Zlatan Plenković je novo vino da je od najpopularnijih sorta u Americi, Zinfandel ili na hrvatskom Crljenak.
Nos je bio fantastičan zrele tamno crvenog voća s prekrasnim okusom zrelog crvenog voća, jabuka dim, cimet, klinčić i uz dugotrajan dugim završiti s lijepim tanini, velika vina.
Jedina negativna stvar mora biti cijena koja je visoka i kada se bore s vinima iz drugih zemalja, morate uzeti u obzir.

The Malat family in Austria

In English:

The Austrian winemaker Malat is now in the ninth generation in charge of Michael who took over the winery after his parents Gerald & Wilma in 2008

The winery is situated near Krems in the old monastery of Göttweig with 50 hectares in production of high quality grapes that are manually harvested and slow pressed with the greatest ambitions of making a top class wines in every category.

Wines in this house are all differend but very good from the lighter Gruner Veltliner to the super sweet TBA wines that are among the best in the country, super wines.

Another thing is that the Malat family was the first producer of sparkling wines in Austria when they started to make sekt by the traditional method and hand riddling of the bottles, I have not tasted these.

My favourites are the pinot noir, the Steinbuhel Riesling is superb and all of the sweet wines are just brilliantly amazing. Try to find and get as many as you can.

 In German:

Der österreichische Winzer Malat ist jetzt in der neunten Generation in Höhe von Michael, übernahm das Weingut, nachdem seine Eltern Gerald und Wilma im Jahr 2008
Das Weingut liegt in der Nähe Krems in das alte Kloster Göttweig mit 50 Hektar in der Produktion von qualitativ hochwertigen Trauben von Hand geerntet werden und mit den größten Ambitionen, einen erstklassigen Weinen in jeder Kategorie gedrückt langsam entfernt.
Weine in diesem Haus sind alle Widerstreit, aber sehr gut von den leichteren Gruner Veltliner, die super-süßen TBA Weine, die zu den besten im Land sind, super Weine.
Eine andere Sache ist, dass die Malat-Familie der erste Hersteller von Schaumweinen in Österreich war, als sie zu Sekt nach der traditionellen Methode und Hand Rütteln der Flaschen machen begann, habe ich nicht probiert diese.
Meine Favoriten sind der Pinot Noir ist die Steinbuhel Riesling hervorragend und alle süßen Weine sind nur brillant erstaunlich. Versuchen Sie, und so viele wie Sie können.
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Dragan Unic

I do not like red Burgundy, do I miss something?

Pinot noir is something that every wine nerd is talking about at many has their favourites from Burgundy and its many producers, how can that be? Me myself and I don’t get this at all even if I have been trying to for years and in every price level but I just cant get it! I love the nose of pinots from Burgundy but the taste is not appealing to me at all, I must miss something on my taste buds and some cells in my brain that isn’t there when it comes to Burgundy pinots, anyone who have some suggestions for me where to find this missing link?

The Pinots that I do like is the ones in styles from S-A and some from New Zeeland and even from California, Hamilton Russel is one of my favourite points from S-A together with Meerlust, Danie De Wet Nature in Concert and seven barrels from Catherine Marshall all great wines and beautifully made pinots that I can appreciate any day of the week, thanks guys for making my life to pleasurable.

I will get back to this subject because I find it challenging and sometimes very tasty J

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for following my blog and all the inputs from you

Love well and drink well //

Dragan Unic

Master of Wine Stephen Skelton on viticulture

Viticulture can be very boring or just fantastic when you are lucky enough to have someone like Stephen Skelton Master of Wine explaining the most difficult stuff on an very easy way so that even I could understand the complexity of winemaking and wine managing all called just viticulture.

This was a great exploration and I hade big expectation when I signed in for this master class held by Gustibus wine school in Malmoe, thanks guys for taking such a good care of us during these days and for your effort of doing these kind of things. Super