Territory
Goriska Brda, Slovenia
This is the same clone of Merlot as grown at Pétrus in Bordeaux, with long, loose bunches and small berries. It’s bright, translucent, and still youthful in the glass. The bouquet shows excellent fruit purity of blackberry, cherry, and bilberry notes with a delicate hint of vanilla and cloves. The palate is vivid with lovely purity, recalling wild blueberry, black mulberry, and plum with fine vanilla oak and a touch of violet. Its structure is rounded and velvety, with vibrant acidity and enough tannin backbone to promise a long life.