Rebula 2018 – Klinec

Ribolla - Klinec

Klinec's Rebula is a wonderful macerated white wine made from Rebula grapes. or Ribolla Gialla. The grapes come from vineyards located on the hills of Medana, where we find clay-limestone soils rich in mineral salts and marine fossils, locally called "ponka". Fermentation is spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts and remains in contact with the skins for 14 days. It continues its aging for 24 months in large acacia barrels and 4 months in bottle before release. The Rebula is not filtered before being bottled. Intense golden yellow color. On the nose the aromas are intense, with notes of fruit and flowers, in particular lime and broom. Then aromas of tobacco and minerals emerge. Sorso is full-bodied and mineral, enveloping and savory, fine and complex. Long finish where the tannin echoes.nish where the tannin.

Service

We taste the Rebula at a temperature of 12/14 ° in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairing

It goes perfectly with first courses of vegetables, second courses of fish, semi-aged cheeses, to try with a baked snapper with potatoes.

Winery: Klinec

The Klinec winery is located in Dobrovo in the heart of the Slovenian Collio, one kilometer as the crow flies from Italy. Here the view is breathtaking among the snow-covered Alps to the north, the blue in the Adriatic Sea to the south and all around the gentle green hills of the Collio. The winery, which is also a great farm with a wonderful traditional cuisine, is managed by Ales Klinec with his wife Simona's car. Ales is a person of heart and very helpful, a great worker who speaks five languages. The work of his ancestors continues, in fact, the winery was founded by his grandfather in 1918, a period of wars and survival. Here the first line passed and almost all the vineyards were destroyed. After the war a great job has been done to bring everything back as it was before. Today, Ales cultivates five hectares of vineyards planted with native Collio vines, such as Malvasia, Rebula and Friulano, which they call Jakot. But we also find red berry vines like Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In the cellar, Ales tries to intervene as little as possible, only spontaneous vinifications and refinements take place for the whites in acacia and mulberry barrels, for the cherry and oak reds. Klinec wines are delicious, complex, with a strong personality and have all the scents of the collio.