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Škegro Krš Orange Žilavka 2015

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Western Herzegovina shares a border with the southern end of Croatia. All the winemakers in this part of Herzegovina are Croats (Eastern Herzegovina is primarily Serb). The area experiences a true Mediterranean climate and has a few of its own varieties, including the red wine grapes Blatina and Trnjak(pronounce Turn-yak), and the white grape Žilavka (pronounce Zhhih-lahv-kah).

Žilavka is identified as a high-quality wine grape in the book Wine Grapes. It produces full-bodied white wines with fresh acidity. The white wines made from Žilavka display floral and nutty aromas. All of these characteristics make the grape a good candidate for macerated white (amber/orange) wines. Despite Žilavka’s potential to make amber wines, there are only two examples currently on the market—this Škegro Krš Orange Žilavka and the Brkić Mjesečar.

Vinarija Škegro is a winery that makes three Žilavka wines and two excellent reds from the grape Blatina. This is their first attempt at an amber wine. Proprietor Bariša Škegro wanted to create a wine similar to what his grandfather drank. His late grandfather was also named Bariša and is featured on the label of the Krš Orange Žilavka 2015.

This wine represents a totally different style for Škegro. The rest of their wines are conventional in style. They are clean, fined, and filtered. The Krš Orange comes from fruit harvested from a single vineyard. It is a minimal intervention wine, which is fermented with native, wild yeasts. The fermentation starts spontaneously and no sulfites are added to the wine at any time.

The nose on this wine is intriguing. White flower and perfume notes jump out of the glass. This is low in alcohol, clocking in at 12.5% ABV. It has flavors of ripe apricot, autumn leaves, seawater, and perfume. It is juicy and easy to drink for an amber wine. The wine has a long finish and nice acidity with very low level of tannins. The finish has a faint touch of mousiness that comes with some sulfite-free wines. This flavor blows off as the wine breathes and is so faint, it will be undetectable to most palates.

A sensational effort. I would love to taste this next to a Radikon Ribolla Gialla.

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4.3/5 (You can find out more about our scoring system on the START HERE page.)

 

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