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Marjan Simcic
Pinot Grigio BRDA
Slovenia · Slovenia·Vintage 2023
Certified organicCritics
Tasting note
Golden yellow with copper tinges. The colour highlights the intensity and complexity of the aroma (nice flo-ral aromas developing in fruity and spicy notes), full body (the soft, mature and fruity initial taste is substituted by the note of apricots and melons), alcoholic richness with balanced acids, and variety characteristics (at the end, slightly bitter)
The wine
- Grape
- Pinot Grigio 100%
- Style
- White
- Alcohol
- 13.0%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Marjan Simcic
- Altitude
- 120–250 m a.s.l. (Collio IT / Brda SLO)
- Serve at
- 11–12°C
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested (first half of September). Up to 24 hours' maceration; spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in stainless steel.
- Ageing
- 6 months on the lees in stainless steel.
- Soil
- Marl, clay, limestone
- Food pairing
- Cold fish starters, spring-summer pasta, seafood, mildly spiced Asian, Thai and modern Japanese dishes
The producer
Marjan Simcic
Medana · Goriška Brda, Goriška BrdaFounded 1860simcic.si
The Simcic family has grown vines in Medana, Goriska Brda, since 1860; their vineyards were already rated first class in the 1786 Habsburg classification. Marjan Simcic, fifth generation, took the reins in 1988 and built a modern cellar in 1997, and the sixth generation, Leonardo, is now involved. The wines are made from organically farmed (SI-EKO-001) vineyards in three tiers: Brda Classic, Cru Selection and the single-vineyard Opoka Cru.