Vina Čotar

Vitovska 2019

Name: Vitovska 2019
Brand: Vina Čotar
SKU: SLOCOTARVIT19
Price: 42.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Not your average skin contact! Vitovska is a rare and ancient grape varietal primarily found in Northern Italy and Slovenia. It's known for its sage and stone fruit qualities, as well as some floral and spice notes. Yet give it a week on the skins like this bad boy here, and you'll also find incredible structure and depth. Amber in colour and bold in flavour, this is a perfect addition to a smokey eggplant dip, lamb kebobs, roasted mushrooms, or anything with a bit of herbs and spice.

The Facts:

Farming: Organic

Region: Kras, Slovenia

Vintage: 2019

Grapes: Vitovska

Colour: Skins

ABV: 12%

Size: 75 cL

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£42.00

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Vina Čotar

Tasting with Branko and Vasja Čotar is like taking a journey through the history of the Slovenian Karst — one of Europe’s greatest (and possibly most underrated) region for skin-contact and red wines today. Their history originates partly with the story of the old Soviet philosophy of agriculture, producing high yields to send across the entire union with very little attention to grape or soil health. Branko’s father first planted field blend vineyards in the mid 1970s in a time when the local growers ...