NAME OF WINE: Reddo

NAME OF ESTATE/DOMAINE: Burja

VINTAGE: 2015

ABV: 13.5%

NAME OF VIGNERON: Lavrenčič Primož

LOCATION (village and region): Podraga, Orehovica. Vipava

GRAPE/BLEND: 40% Pokalca (Schioppettino), 30% Istrski Refošk (Refosco Istriano), 30% Frankinja (Blaufrankisch)

SUSTAINABLE/ORGANIC/BIODYNAMIC: certificated organic in 2013, began biodynamic (Demeter) certification in 2017

CERTIFICATION: organic

SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS/VEGANS: Suitable for both vegetarians and vegans

ALLERGENS (EGGS AND/OR MILK): Neither used

TASTING NOTE: The nose has a clear and fine herbal aroma whilst the palate is extremely full and complex with pepper and spice notes. An extremely versatile wine.

(LOCAL) FOOD RECOMMENDATION: Duck, lamb or red meat

SHORT HISTORY:

(MICRO)CLIMATE: Ravno brdo vineyard (Podraga) and Stranice vineyard (Podraga) -

TERROIR: Flysch (marly sandstone)
VITICULTURE: traditional, minimal intervention.
YIELDS (hectolitre per hectare): 40 hL/ha
VINIFICATION:

•   Manual harvested

•   Destemmed

•   Fermented in wooden barrels

•   maceration for 21 days in big barrels (1500L)

•   Indigenous yeast

•   Ambient ferment

•   Matured in barrel: 1500 and 1000L

•   Spontaneous malolactic fermentation, without adding any bacteria

•   No filtration

•   No fining

•   Sulphur added before bottling

TECHNICAL:
Free SO2: 7 mg/l
Total S02: 40 mg/l
Acidity: 5.40 g/l
Residual sugar: 1.0 g/l

Strongly believing in respecting local grape varieties, Burja Estate winemaker Primož Lavrencic bought a 60 year old Malvasia vineyard in the Vipava Valley along the northern Adriatic coast some years ago. Today he produces Zelen, Pokalca (Schioppettino), Refošk (Refosco), Rebula (Ribolla Gialla), Malvazija (Malvasia d`Istria), Laški rizling (Italian Riesling, Welschriesling) and Modra frankinja (Blaufränkisch) wines, ensuring that the principals of organic and biodynamic production are followed. Lavrencic works with nature to encourage character and authenticity is his wines, always looking for spontaneous fermentation and diversity natural geographic features, the Vipava Valley is transitional, squeezed between the Trnovo Plateau on the North According to location and and Karst on the South. Its openness to the west brings the influence of the Mediterranean climate. The climate of the Vipava Valley is sub-Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and mild winters. It is a mixture of Alpine, Mediterranean and Continental climates. The Vipava Valley is also the windiest part of Slovenia, the gusts of its famous wind – bora (burja) can reach up to 240 kph.