Kras Vitoska 2016 - Emil Tavcar

Kras Vitovska - Emil Tavcar

Wonderful white wine made from grapes of Vitovska that come from fifty-year-old vines, which grow on the karstic rock constantly beaten by the Bora. The harvest is manual as well as de-stemming. In the cellar, spontaneous fermentation in wooden vats with maceration on the skins for a few days. Refining in used wooden barrels. It is not filtered before bottling. Kras Vitovska is presented in golden color in the glass. To the nose, chalk notes, candied citrus, flowers and butter. At the sip it is dry, warm, supported by a beautiful freshness. Final long and infinite. A rocky and out of the ordinary Vitoska.

Service

It is recommended to serve it at a temperature of 8/10 ° in tulip glasses. Daily wine but if left in the cellar a few years can give great emotions.

Pairings

Vitoska is excellent with pasta with fish or crustaceans, mixed fried fish, grilled or baked fish.

Winery: Emil Tavcar

The winery of Emil Tavcar is located in Dutovlje, a small village in the center of Kras, in Italian Carso, a region shared between Italy and Slovenia. Here we talk about heroic viticulture in fact, the karst rock leaves little room to the earth, and to cultivate the vine you have to bring the land, taking it from the Dolines, the karst depressions that are formed in the ground due to the collapse of a subterranean cave. It is not surprising that Kras gave its name to the karst topography because in some places the soil layer is so shallow that the vines grow practically from the stone. The family of Emil has always lived in these areas even though, before it was a butcher's shop. And 'Emil, which in 1996 bottles for the first time the wine that is produced from grapes that come from the 2 hectares of old vineyards planted in Malvasija, Vitovska, Terrano. Work in the vineyard excludes the presence of any chemical, and only provides for the use of small amounts of copper and sulfur. The vinifications are made with only indigenous yeasts, the must ferments in wooden vats with short macerations of a few days, and for the refinements it is foreseen the use only of oak barrels. The wines of Emil Tavcar reveal a tension out of the ordinary and are rocky just like him.