Teodor Bianco Cru Selection
2018
Wine description
Intensely rich, golden-yellow colour. An elegant fruity wine, with a fragrant hint of dried flowers and buttered toast, combined with a slight note of vanilla. This bland is based on Ribolla, the most traditional grape variety in Brda region - that is why it best reflects the regional terroir. It is quite elegant, rich and creamy, because it is aged in various types of barrels that best suit each individual grape variety. Leaving the wine on the yeast, gives this very mineral wine its character. A long, warm, pleasantly bitter aftertaste is characteristic of a good Ribolla.
With food
Try it with vegetable and poultry (e.g. duck) dishes, or small game; excellent with fish or scampi; risotto or pasta with truffles and medium-aged cheese.
Aging
Excellent ageing potential of fifteen years or more.
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Grape type:
Ribolla 60%, Pinot Grigio 20% and Sauvignon Vert 20% -
Region:
Brda – Slovenia (Ribolla), Collio – Italy (Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Vert) -
Vineyards:
Medana - Jama (Ribolla), Zegla (Sauvignon Vert), Rusic (Pinot Grigio) -
Vineyards age:
35 - 66 years -
Vineyards altitude:
150 - 250 metres above sea level -
Vineyards exposure:
south-west / south-east -
Soil type:
Ribolla: marl, slate and sandstone (opoka); Sauvignon Vert and Pinot Grigio: clay -
Harvest:
hand-harvested, bunches carefully selected, beginning of September (Sauvignon Vert, Pinot Grigio), end of September (Ribolla)
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Vinification:
Ribolla: skin contact (maceration) 8 days in 3,000 Litre conical oak barrels (tino).
Sauvignon Vert and Pinot Grigio: skin contact (maceration) 2 days in 2,500 Litre stainless steel tanks.All fermentations started spontaneuosly.
Softly pressed with pneumatic pressure.
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Maturation:
separation according to different varieties; Ribolla: 23 months in large oak barrels (tino); Sauvignon Vert and Pinot Grigio: 23 months in 500 Litre oak barrels (tono). The wine is blended before bottling. -
Maturation in bottle:
at least 2 months -
Alcohol:
13,5 % vol -
Total acidity:
5,5 g / l -
Bottle:
0,75 l -
Bottling:
1.466 bottles 0,75 l in August 2020, without cleaning and filtration -
Serving temperature:
12 °C - 14 °C
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Cru Selection
Cru Selection wines have a very rich colour, an extraordinary beautiful body, which reflects the characteristic mineral note. These non-filtered wines are also extremely persistent.