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1979 Riesling

RIESLING Spätlese 1979

This wine has an amber colour with a slight greenish tint. The aroma offers notes of herbs, aroma of varnish, sage and mature tropical fruits in particular. The taste has a mineral quality with herbs, dried fruits and a nice balance between acidity and residual sugar. The aftertaste is slightly spicy, with perceptions of dried figs and spices.

Colour: An amber colour with a slight greenish hue.
Aroma: A medium-intense aroma of herbs, dried fruits, mature tropical fruits, sage, varnish and blossom.
Flavour: Flavours with residual sugar and lively but mature acidity. It also has notes of dried fruits (figs, plums) and gentle tannins. It is Herbal, slightly oily and spicy.
Life expectancy: 15-25 years € 102,95
Price ex. taxes

What happened in 1979?

In 1979, a special area in Bebrovnik called Pečica (the oven) excelled above all others. The name derives from the sun-drenched, oven-like conditions. It’s an area that boasts the maximum hours of sunshine per year; so much so, that the soil even gives off heat during the night. We like to think of it as solar heating. The variety planted in this area is the Welschriesling.

This year, we harvested three special, late harvest wines. The Rhine Riesling, White Burgundy and Sauvignon, which originated from our finest vineyards near Kog. But it was a good year all round.

Who were the winemakers in 1979?

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 219
Product code	90ZHA01A1979
Bottle volume	0.7
Type of bottle	Renana Standard
Type of cork	ST 10
Alcohol (% vol)	10.82
Residual sugar g/L	23.3
Total acidity g/L	6.97
pH	3.41
SO2 free/total (mg/L)	37 / 266