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 southern beef meatballs, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or traditional welsh dark beer.

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, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Slovenia. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Slovenia

  • 2003With an average score of 4.43/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 2020With 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 stuffed mushrooms, tuna pie or salted king's cake with cauliflower.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Slovenia

On the nose the white wine of the region of Slovenia. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, butter or strawberries. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Slovenia. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Slovenia

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.12/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Slovenia

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Malvazija Istarska
  • Riesling
  • Olaszrizling

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Slovenia

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Discover the grape variety: Ribolla gialla

A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Italy, more precisely in the Friuli region. It can also be found in Slovenia, Greece (island of Cephalonia), in the United States (California), ... and it should not be confused with the robola or rombola aspri cultivated in Greece (Ionian islands).

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 escargots à la bordelaise, quiche lorraine or obelix's boar leg in the oven.

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 4.18/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.03/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Slovenia

  • Chardonnay
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Pinot Noir
  • 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: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.

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 sauté of lamb with curry, kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or ham and cheese omelette.

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, raspberry or orange and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus 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
  • 0With 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: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

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 chicken tikka massala, tarte tatin or tuna omelette.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2015With 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: Marie-jeanne (or double magnum)

Bottle with a capacity of 3 litres.

Great other wines of Slovenia

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Food and wine pairing with a other wine of Slovenia

Other wines from the region of Slovenia go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of fideuà (paella with pasta and fish), quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or buns.

The best vintages in other wine of Slovenia

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in other wine of Slovenia

  • Muscat Ottonel
  • Refosco

The word of the wine: Elegant

Said of a wine that, beyond balance, presents qualities of charm and harmony, without the slightest heaviness.

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