The best wines of Slovenia

Discover the best wines of Slovenia as well as the best winemakers of Slovenia and estates of Slovenia to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Slovenia and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Slovenia by region

Looking for a good wine of Slovenia among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Slovenia. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Slovenia with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Slovenia

Red wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, steamed lamb shoulder with cumin and coriander or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Slovenia

On the nose the red wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, coffee or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, floral or dried fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Slovenia

  • 2000With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.44/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.30/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Slovenia

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Refosco
  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Slovenia

A wine route planned in the region of Slovenia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Slovenia.

Discovering the wine region of Slovenia

Slovenia is a small European country with a Long history of wine production. This is not surprising given its Mediterranean location between the Northern latitudes of 45 and 47 degrees, latitudes shared by Bordeaux, Burgundy and the northern Rhône. The country is also bordered by four of Europe's Oldest wine producing countries: Croatia to the South, Hungary to the east, Austria to the north and Italy to the west. Despite the cultural and political turmoil that has besieged the Balkan states over the past century, Slovenia has maintained its wine industry, which has flourished particularly since the country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.

Slovenia is largely landlocked, with only a few kilometers of coastline at the top of the Istrian peninsula, just south of Trieste and the Venezia-giulia/friuli">Friuli-venezia-giulia/carso">Carso DOC of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Slovenia's Climate has some maritime tendency to the west, drawn from the northern Adriatic, while there are strong continental influences to the north and east, created by the Alps and the Pannonian basin. The topographical variation makes it difficult to classify Slovenia into a climatic category, and its climate is often described as "sub-Mediterranean". This variation also gives wine producers a wide choice as to where to locate their vineyards.

While general climatic patterns play out across the country, within these macroclimates there are a series of more subtle variations that contribute to local terroirs. Slovenia has three main wine regions: Podravje in the east, Primorska in the west and Posavje just south of the centre. Podravje is the engine room of the Slovenian wine industry, producing about half of the country's national output. Its densest vineyards are located around the eastern city of Maribor, in the valleys of the Pesnica, Drava and Mura rivers.

Great white wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Slovenia

White wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of rabbit with prunes, tartiflette with smoked salmon or ground steak in a seed coat.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Slovenia

On the nose the white wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal.

The best vintages in white wine of Slovenia

  • 2004With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.13/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Slovenia

  • Chardonnay
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Malvazija Istarska
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Grigio

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Slovenia

A wine route planned in the region of Slovenia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Slovenia.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sparkling wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Slovenia

Sparkling wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of normandy style escalope, rougail sausage or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Slovenia

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of cream, strawberries or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or watermelon.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Slovenia

  • 2003With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Slovenia

  • Pinot Noir
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Slovenia

A wine route planned in the region of Slovenia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Slovenia.

The word of the wine: Powdery mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Less dreadful than mildew, it only attacks the surface of the green parts. Sulphur has long been the best remedy.

Great pink wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Slovenia

Pink wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of american style beef marinade, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or cantonese rice.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Slovenia

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of non oak, vegetal or dried fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Slovenia

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Slovenia

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Gris
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Grigio

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Slovenia

A wine route planned in the region of Slovenia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Slovenia.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

Great sweet wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Slovenia

Sweet wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, french toast or salmon with sorrel.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Slovenia

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Slovenia

  • 2009With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Slovenia

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Traminer
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Refosco
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Malvasia

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Slovenia

A wine route planned in the region of Slovenia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Slovenia.

The word of the wine: Amber

(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.

News from the vineyard of Slovenia

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