Pinot Gris 2023

Apricot
Peach
Orange peel

Apricot and peach meet orange peel, with a little green-tea scent underneath. This skin-contact Pinot Gris balances the fruit with a more herbal side. Open it when the snack plates keep arriving.

You’ll notice the green-tea scent beneath the peach and apricot.

If you enjoy peachy whites but want orange peel and a tea-like twist, try this skin-contact Pinot Gris.

Made with extended contact between the juice and grape skins.

€14.90

Quantity

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Eat this with it

AT THE TABLE

Roast squash and sage tart

Sweet-edged squash suits the apricot fruit, with sage echoing the herbal side.

SOMETHING SIMPLE

Chicken skewers with apricot and mint

Apricot and mint pick up two of the wine’s flavours without hiding the peach.

FOR SHARING

Carrot and ginger fritters

The carrot suits the stone fruit and a little ginger makes room for the orange peel.

Also good

Roast squash with sage gives the apricot fruit and herbal side room to show.

Skip

A sticky chocolate dessert will cover the peach and green-tea scent.

Serve at

10–12 °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.