Who: Sandra and Matej Biziak
Where: Stanjel, Slovenia,
What: Vipavska Valley
How: Organic certified Kon-Cert, Biodynamic - Demeter, estate-grown
Total size: SMALL

Malvasija 2019

APPELLATION: Vipava Valley

GRAPE VARIETY: Malvasija Istriana

WINE STYLE: Orange

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless steel 1300/ 1350 Liners

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 1st harvest: 24h maceration, stems excluded 2nd harvest: 5 day skin contact - 10 % of skins added to fermentation tank 

MALOLACTIC: No

AGED IN: Stainless steel + oak barrel

AGED FOR: 12 month in inox then 12 months in oak 500l barrels

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining, no filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 69 mg

BOTTLING DATE: February 15th, 2022

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%

VINEYARD: Brkovče and Rabotnik Zgornja Branica, Vipava Valley

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 220 m

SOIL: The ground is composed of the deposits of Eocene flysch, which is characterized by sequences of marlstone, sandy siltstone and coarse-grained carbonaceous sandstone, intertwined by thick and thin layers of breccias, conglomerates and Karst red soil.

YEAR PLANTED: 2009 and 2014

DENSITY: 5300 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 19, 2019

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 2300 bottles