Winery MarofMačkovci Modra Frankinja
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Mačkovci Modra Frankinja of Winery Marof in the region of Podravje often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Mačkovci Modra Frankinja
Pairings that work perfectly with Mačkovci Modra Frankinja
Original food and wine pairings with Mačkovci Modra Frankinja
The Mačkovci Modra Frankinja of Winery Marof matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of lamb stew with yoghurt and coriander, braised (green) cabbage or tuna nuggets.
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Mačkovci Modra Frankinja from Winery Marof are 2011, 0, 2015, 2013
Informations about the Winery Marof
The Winery Marof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Štajerska to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Štajerska
The wine region of Štajerska is located in the region of Podravje of Slovenia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pullus or the Domaine Črnko produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Štajerska are Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Štajerska often reveals types of flavors of citrus, melon or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or pear.
The wine region of Podravje
Podravje is Slovenia's largest and most productive wine region. It is located towards the eastern half of the country, and Centers around the key towns of Maribor and Ormoz. With roughly 11,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyard, Podravje has twice as much land under vine as its western neighbor, Posavje. More than just a local center of activity, Maribor has Long been a wine center for this region of Europe as a whole.
The word of the wine: Interknot
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
