Winery IsteničPrestige Extra Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Prestige Extra Brut of the Winery Istenič is in the top 5 of wines of Posavje.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Prestige Extra Brut of Winery Istenič in the region of Posavje often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Prestige Extra Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Prestige Extra Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Prestige Extra Brut
The Prestige Extra Brut of Winery Istenič matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of calf's head with sauce ravigote, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.
Details and technical informations about Winery Istenič's Prestige Extra Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Prestige Extra Brut from Winery Istenič are 2013, 2011, 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery Istenič
The Winery Istenič is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Posavje to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Posavje
Smallest of Slovenia's three major regions (southeast, bordering Croatia), limestone sandstone and dolomite soils, continental climate softened by Alps and Adriatic. Unique Cviček signature as light pale red (8. 5-10%, blend of at least 4 red and white varieties): tart and quenching with cherry, raspberry, citrus and herbaceous hint — typical everyday wine. Spicy Modra Frankinja and supple Žametovka in reds, lively Welschriesling in whites.
The word of the wine: Rough
A very astringent and somewhat coarse tannic wine.
