Top 100 wines of Primorje - Page 3

Discover the top 100 best wines of Primorje as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Primorje and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Primorje

The wine region of Primorje of Slovenia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Batič or the Domaine Aci Urbajs produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Primorje are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Primorje often reveals types of flavors of tropical, apricot or plum and sometimes also flavors of pepper, black fruits or chocolate.

We currently count 91 estates and châteaux in the of Primorje, producing 258 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Primorje go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Primorje

wines from the region of Primorje go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), rice with sausage meat and tomatoes or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Primorje

On the nose in the region of Primorje often reveals types of flavors of oaky, black fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, spices or black currant.

News from the vineyard of Primorje

Decanter magazine latest issue: August 2023

Inside the August 2023 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES The 50 best wine trips Put your feet up and be transported by our ideas for the perfect wine holiday Oak in Champagne Tom Hewson explains why barrels are coming back into fashion in some of Champagne’s top cuvées Aligoté Burgundy’s other white grape deserves to be taken seriously, says Charles Curtis MW Wine of the times Charlie Leary on what it was like to be a wine lover in 19th-century England See our full top 50 wine trips ranking ...

Cheval Blanc 2021 released en primeur: ‘an obvious buy’

Cheval Blanc 2021 was released en primeur this morning (19 May) at €390 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, up by around 3% on the 202o-vintage opening price last year. Liv-ex said the new release was still cheaper on the market than the well-regarded vintage trio of 2018, 2019 and 2020. UK merchants offered the 2021 wine at £4,740 (12x75cl in bond), it said. It marks another relatively early release for Cheval Blanc, with this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign just getting started. Cheval Blanc 202 ...

Glenfiddich owners launch House of Hazelwood collection of rare Scotch whiskies

The new range, drawn from whisky stocks laid down by the Gordons for almost a century and named after the family home in Dufftown, comprises The Charles Gordon Collection – in 2022, four whiskies priced at £3,000-4,500 per bottle – and The Legacy Collection – four whiskies priced at £950-1,450. They include the first spirit produced at the Girvan grain distillery in South Ayrshire in 1964, and a 56-year-old whisky, unusually blended as new make spirit before its maturation. ‘This is a collection ...