Malvasia Istriana 2022 - Marko Fon

Malvasia Istriana - Marko Fon

The Istrian Malvasia by Marko Fon is a dynamic and elegant white wine made from 100% Malvasia grapes that come from vines found on the red lands of the Karst. After manual destemming, the fermentation is spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts and a short maceration on the skins between 24 and 48 hours. Racking and aging in steel tanks for 12 months. It is not filtered before bottling. Malvasia di Fon is golden yellow in color. The nose is elegant with citrus, honey and spicy notes. The sip is enveloping, warm, dynamic, characterized by a beautiful freshness. The finish is long and persistent. A great wine, extremely pleasant and with a nice drink.

Service

It is advisable to taste it at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulipes. Wine to drink immediately, but it holds the aging well.

Pairing

Excellent with first courses, seafood seconds, to try with angler filet wrapped in speck.

Cellar: Marko Fon

Marko Fon is a wine poet, a wine grower who is in love with his work and his country, a natural winery. His company is located in Slovenia, in Komen, a small village in the karst. His family has been generating these lands for generations and winning with passion and respect. Marko manages four hectares of vineyards that are found on limestone and clay soils rich in minerals. Vineyards are native and always linked to these areas, Malvasia, Vitoska and Terrano for a very small production of only 6000 bottles per year. Marko fon cures his vineyards with biological methods, trying to reduce the treatments to the minimum, without any type of systemic intervention, insecticides and herbicides, uses only copper, but is considering the possibility of eliminating it. In the cellar is the same treatment that begins with spontaneous vinification, indigenous yeasts and refinements in old wooden barrels. The grapes of his Malvasia come from the vineyard called "the 4 states". An old, centenary vineyard located in Gorjansko, still raised on foot, and so called for the 4 witness passages he witnessed. The wines of Marko Fon exalt the fruit, they know how to excite, with an authentic taste that is the expression of the vine and the territory.