TASTING COMMENTS
The nose offers a complex mix of raspberry, blueberry and blackberry with a hint of typical peppery and dried herbs character. The palate is light to medium bodied, juicy, fleshy and fruity supported by gentle tannins. Drink between 2022 and 2025.
WINE MAKING
Grapes were hand harvested in 15 kg crates, destemmed, crushed and fermented for 10 days on skins before undergoing malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tank. The wine is thereafter aged for 18 months in 2000 L oak casks and stainless-steel tank. This wine is not filtered or fined.
VINTAGE 2020
The winter was fairly mild and the months of March and April were above average warm and dry. The start of growing season was early, followed by a spring frost in mid-April, which, however, spared the best vineyards. The summer was warm, with some heat waves. September was warm and dry, which had a decisive influence on the quality of the vintage. White varieties were harvested in mid-September, while red varieties at the end of September, beginning of October. The white wines of the 2020 vintage have freshness and aromatics, however bolder compared to 2019 vintage, while the red wines are elegant, with an attractive fruit and tannic charge, and well-built body.
Origin:
Bela krajina, Slovenia
Climate:
Subpanonian, Continental with Mediterranean influences
Vineyard:
Lokvica, Plešivica in Doma
Soil:
clay, marl, limestone
Variety:
Blaufränkisch
Vine age:
5-20 years
Yield:
60 hl/ha
Harvest date:
25-30 September 2020
Alcohol:
12.5 % vol
Titratable acidity:
5.7 g/L
Bottling date
April 2022
Number of bottles
3000
ŠUKLJE WINES
VRBANJKA
SINGLE VINEYARD
LOZICE
SINGLE VINEYARD
LODOMA
TERRIOR SELECTION
BELO 140
TERRIOR SELECTION
CIAO BELO
CLASSIC
