This was my first real opportunity to focus on the wines from one Croatian producer and what a producer to start with. The wines were of a consistently high quality with a guideline price to match of £31 for the whites and £36 for the reds from Pacta Connect.
The whites were orange if you’ll excuse the paradox. The length of skin contact, up to as much as 100 days, meant that the finished wine took on some of the colour of the skin. Whilst not a fully biodynamic or organic producer Mladin Roxanich believes in minimal intervention in the winemaking process allowing the natural yeasts, and long skin contact, to work its magic.
My favourite white was the Malvasia and the red was the Merlot. Full tasting notes are on Adegga.
Afterwards I introduced Mladin and Pacta Connect to The Secret Cellar, the premier wine shop in Tunbridge Wells. Their comment on the wines is best summed up by their tweet (@TheSecretCellar) about having tasted some “excellent Croatian wines”.
For interest, the pictures from the Hotel du Vin were taken in the Havana Room a 1950’s Cuban style meeting room which perfectly suited Mladin who is a very keen cigar smoker.
2 comments:
Croatia and particularly Istria, is producing some great wines. I particularly like the indigenous varieties, mavasija (white) and teran (red).
My vote also goes to the white especially Denise.
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