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1969 Pinot Grigio

PINOT GRIGIO 1969

This wine has a pleasant amber colour. The aroma is quite fresh for the year of vintage. It offers notes of dried figs and apricots, dried herbs and honey, as well as mature tropical fruits and caramel. Dried pears, figs and prunes dominate the taste, along with spices and honey. Lively acidity is accompanied by residual sugar. The sensations from the taste are continued in the spicy aftertaste and end with a slight bitterness and a pleasant acidity of citrus fruit.

Colour: An amber colour.
Aroma: A fairly intense aroma with dried fruits (figs, apricots), dried herbs, honey and ripe tropical fruits, caramel and smoke in the background.
Flavour: A full, mature flavour, with residual sugar, lively acidity, dried fruits (pear, fig, prune), spices, honey, minerals, smoke and caramel. Slightly oilyandspicy.
Life expectancy: 25-30 years € 233,95
Price ex. taxes

What happened in 1969?

1969 was a year of even more innovations in the cellar. It was the year in which grape varieties were matured separately, so more experimenting in taste could be conducted. The wine was now being matured in the newly introduced wooden barrels. Some of them still exist today. An additional investment was made in completely sterile bottling. This method improved the quality of the wine even more so, providing ideal conditions for the ageing of the wine.

Who were the winemakers in 1969?

Matija Kociper

After graduating, Matija’s initial involvement at the company was as a technician. He was responsible for managing the 600 hectares of vineyards, a very difficult and time-consuming task. Once the new cellar opened in 1967, he was entrusted with running it and overseeing the winemaking technology. To this day, he is an exceptional wine taster and assessor. Over the years, he has devoted his immense knowledge and experience to making quality wines. To this day, his energy and enthusiasm still inspire his winemaking colleagues.

Lidija Ruška

Professor Veselič, the architect of the newly-built wine cellar in Ormož, invited Lidija to join the company as a highly educated staff member from the field of food technology. With constantly higher requirements regarding the quality of wine, there was a need not only for knowledge of winemaking, but also for knowledge of biochemical structure and the processes of maturing the wine. Working with Matija, Lidija was a remarkable wine assessor who participated in various assessment committees at home and abroad. She also held lectures for sommeliers and educated numerous wine-growers and wine-makers.

Specifications

Location celler	box A65
Product code	90ZHA04A1969
Bottle volume	0.7
Type of bottle	Renana Prestige
Type of cork	KS
Alcohol (% vol)	11.96
Residual sugar g/L	18.5
Total acidity g/L	8.17
pH	3.34
SO2 free/total (mg/L)	10/201