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Marjan Simcic
Simcic Pinot Noir Selection Cru
Slovenia · Slovenia·Vintage 2021
Certified organicTasting note
Transparent, ruby red colour, approaching a brick-like hue. The bouquet is of cherry liqueur, excellent cask and orange peel. It has the taste of very ripe fruit, especially cherries; a fresh and lovely tartness; pleasantly balanced taste of cask, and a moment later, of peppermint. You are left with a delightfully long aftertaste of cherries.
The wine
- Grape
- Pinot Noir 100%
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Marjan Simcic
- Altitude
- 150–250 m a.s.l. (Medana Jama Cru)
- Serve at
- 18°C
- Drink
- Ageing potential up to 10 years (producer)
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested, selected bunches (mid-September). Spontaneous fermentation with 12 days' skin maceration; soft pneumatic pressing.
- Ageing
- 11 months in large conical oak vats and 12 months in barriques; bottled unfined and unfiltered.
- Soil
- Marl, slate and sandstone
- Food pairing
- Wild mushroom tart, grilled salmon, spelt risotto, cured meats
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.