Sauvignon

Sauvignon 2023


Wine district:

Wine-growing country Primorje, Vipavska dolina


Vintage:

2023

Variety:

100 % Sauvignon


Wineyard:

Tilia estate:
Čez potok (0.5 ha, altitude 170 m a.s.l.),
Za hišo (0.3 ha, altitude 170 m a.s.l.)
6000 vines/ha, average plant age 12 years, single guyot training system.
Partner farm:
Cigoj Vrtovin – vineyard Potoče


Soil:

marl


Wine Yield:

50 hL/ha


Harvesting:

hand-picked


Bottling:

December 2023 – June 2024 (bottling unit 2000 bottles)


Production:

7000 bottles / 580 cases


Alcohol:

13.0 vol. %


Sugar:

1.6 g/L


Acid:

6.16 g/L


PH:

3.29


Recomended serving temperature

10-12°C


Wine Technology:

The juice is stainless steel tank fermented, 5% of skin in contact with juice during fermentation, filtrated before bottling.


Wine Description:

Wine is very smooth in taste with rich grassy aroma, with a lot of refreshing impressions of grape fruit, capsicum and passion fruit.


Food and Wine

Recommended with all gently seasoned seafood, pastas and risottos, spiced with spring wild herbs.


Weather Characteristics of Vintages:

The weather conditions in 2023 are the exact opposite of last year. An extremely wet vintage, which prolonged the vegetation. 14 days of dry weather in August, dry weather in late August and early September. Temperatures on average lower than average for the vegetation, resulting in a later harvest. Favourable acid-to-sugar ratio, slightly higher malic acid content. Harvesting for the sparkling base started on 26 August, early varieties from 3 to 10 September, finishing with Merlot at the end of September.


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