Furmint 2023

Apple
Hay
Pepper

Apple and citrus with a little pepper and a rounded feel. An inviting way to explore skin-contact wine over roast vegetables.

You’ll notice a slight drying grip and a savoury, gently oxidative edge.

For curious white-wine drinkers wanting a little more grip and savoury detail.

Fermentation begins with five days on the skins, then continues in barrels. Aged for eight months in barrels and bottled unfiltered.

€14.20

Quantity

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Eat this with it

AT THE TABLE

Lemon and herb roast chicken

Citrus and herbs meet its fresh, savoury flavours.

SOMETHING SIMPLE

Roasted parsnips with hazelnuts

Browning and nuts suit the lightly oxidative edge.

FOR SHARING

Pumpkin and barley bake

The rounded texture matches the soft pumpkin.

Also good

Roasted beetroot suits its rounded, savoury side.

Skip

A very sweet sauce can hide the apple and citrus.

Serve at

8–10 °C

The producer

Zavec Brothers: A family introduction to the hills of Haloze

Aleksander and Patrik Zavec are the third generation of a winemaking family in Slovenia’s Haloze hills. Their old vineyards are spread across four locations, each giving the brothers another part of the landscape to work with. They make wines with little intervention, keeping the emphasis on where the grapes grow. Furmint and Pinot Noir offer two different ways into their corner of Slovenian wine.

Growers: Brothers Aleksander and Patrik Zavec.
Grapes / sourcing: The range includes Furmint and Pinot Noir.
Winemaking: Low intervention, with an emphasis on vineyard character.
Terroir: Marl and hard sandstone in Slovenian Štajerska.
Vineyards: Vareja, Dravinjski vrh, Gorca and Podlehnik.
Family: Third-generation winegrowers in Haloze.