Teodor Bianco Cru Selection

2017

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.

- Grape type:
  Ribolla 60%, Pinot Grigio 20% and Sauvignonasse 20%
- Region:
  Brda – Slovenia (Ribolla), Collio – Italy (Pinot Grigio, Sauvignonasse)
- Vineyards:
  Medana - Jama (Ribolla), Zegla (Sauvignonasse), Rusic (Pinot Grigio)
- Vineyards age:
  34 - 65 years
- Vineyards altitude:
  150 - 250 metres above sea level
- Vineyards exposure:
  south-west / south-east
- Soil type:
  Ribolla: marl, slate and sandstone (opoka); Sauvignonasse and Pinot Grigio: clay
- Harvest:
  hand-harvested, bunches carefully selected, beginning of September (Sauvignonasse, Pinot Grigio), end of September (Ribolla)
- Vinification:
  
  Ribolla: skin contact (maceration) 8 days in 3,000 Litre conical oak barrels (tino).
  Sauvignonasse and Pinot Grigio: skin contact (maceration) 2 days in 2,500 Litre stainless steel tanks.
  All fermentations started spontaneuosly.
  Softly pressed with pneumatic pressure.
- Maturation:
  separation according to different varieties; Ribolla: 23 months in large oak barrels (tino); Sauvignonasse 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:
  5,6 g / l
- Bottle:
  0,75 l
- Bottling:
  3.333 bottles 0,75 l, 65 1,5 l in August 2019, without cleaning and filtration
- Serving temperature:
  12 °C - 14 °C