Zavec Brothers

The people behind the bottle

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.