Kabaj Ravan 2013
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It goes well with white meat and fish.
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This friulano is shy at first, offering simple flavors of green pear in a slightly chewy texture. The wine gains complexity over several days, becoming creamier, with succulent peach and honeydew melon flavors in a honeyed richness. Vibrant acidity runs through the wine’s core, keeping the flavors fresh and as cool as a cucumber on the way to a bone-dry finish.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
A picturesque, eastern European wine growing nation, Slovenia can claim one of the most ancient winemaking cultures in all of Europe. Its history dates back to the Celts and Illyrians tribes, well before the Romans had any influence on France, Spain or Germany. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that Slovenia developed a more refined, private-sector wine industry.
Today it is a powerful source of some of the industry’s most important orange wines (whites made with extended skin contact); furthermore, fully three quarters of the country’s wine production is white.
Slovenian weather is continental with hot summers and cold, wet winters. It is divided into three wine regions: Podravje in Slovenia’s northeast; Primorska in its west, close to Italy; and Posavje in its southeast. These are further divided to nine wine districts.