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WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE

Batič Pinela 2009 - 94 points

Wine of the Month

Vipavska Dolina - Ivan Batic considers pinela the top variety on his estate, relying on the windy conditions of his higher elevatoion vines to keep the fruit healthy and disease free (he has installed a »physics - based cropping system« to blast hot air at the loer vines, so he doesn't need to spray with pesticides or herbicides). He ferments this without temperature control or added yeast in open, puright Slovenian oak vats, then ages it in barrel for two years, producong something that tastes like a nourishing food. What seems brash and astringent at first reveals itself as structure when the fruit begins to open in the glass. Luscious baked pear flavors come forward, gingery, creamy and delicious, racing through the finish with floral scents. The wine's rustic intensity would match teasmoked chicken or duck.

WINE & SPIRITS AUGUST 2014

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