The Winery Piquentum of Istra

Winery Piquentum - Refo&scaronk Vrh
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of Istra.
It is located in Istra

The Winery Piquentum is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Istra to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Piquentum wines

Looking for the best Winery Piquentum wines in Istra among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Piquentum wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Piquentum wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Piquentum

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Piquentum

How Winery Piquentum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of trapper's barbecue, potato and bacon omelette or breton cake with buckwheat flour.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Piquentum

On the nose the red wine of Winery Piquentum. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or leather and sometimes also flavors of pepper, cedar or non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Piquentum

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.59/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Piquentum.

  • Refosco
  • Terrano
  • Zweigelt

Discovering the wine region of Istra

The wine region of Istra of Croatia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Meneghetti or the Domaine Medea produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Istra are Terrano, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Istra often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, quince or hay and sometimes also flavors of grass, honeysuckle or truffle.

We currently count 111 estates and châteaux in the of Istra, producing 627 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Istra go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

The top white wines of Winery Piquentum

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Piquentum

How Winery Piquentum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Piquentum

On the nose the white wine of Winery Piquentum. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, lemon or nutty and sometimes also flavors of oil, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Piquentum

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Piquentum.

  • Malvasia
  • Malvazija Istarska

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 !)

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Piquentum

Planning a wine route in the of Istra? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Piquentum.

Discover the grape variety: Terrano

This is a very old grape variety cultivated in particular in the Istria region of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. It can also be found in the Republic of Macedonia. In France it is almost unknown. It should not be confused with refosco dal peduncolo rosso, it looks somewhat like it, especially since its synonyms are refosco del Carso or refosco d' Istria.

News about Winery Piquentum and wines from the region

National Restaurant Awards 2022 announced

The announcement of the National Restaurant Awards 2022 again confirmed London’s supremacy in the British dining scene. The capital occupies 60 out of the 100 best restaurant spots, as well as seven of the top 10. The two leading restaurants, however, will require London foodies to travel and attest to the vibrancy of the British scene as a whole: Ynyshir in Machynlleth, Powys (Wales) and Moor Hall in Aughton, Lancashire, occupy the first and second spots respectively. Led by chef Gareth Ward, a ...

Proposal to grant Rioja Alavesa wineries greater autonomy withdrawn

Last week, Basque National Party (PNV) spokesperson Aitor Esteban announced the withdrawal of a bill that, if passed, would have granted Basque winemakers of the Rioja Alavesa region greater autonomy. A proposal to establish a breakout Viñedos de Álava DO for Rioja’s Basque enclave was originally launched in 2016 by the Association of Rioja Alavesa Producers (ABRA), which represents over 100 local wineries. While a number of Basque producers continue to battle for the creation of an entirely sep ...

Resolution in Valencian wine region border conflict

‘Por fin se ha hecho justicia.’ (Finally, justice has been served) This strongly-worded statement was made by the Denomination of Origin Utiel-Requena in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia as part of a press announcement in July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was fully ratified at the end of September, closing a decade-long conflict between the region’s three DOs that pitted Valencia against Utiel-Requena and Alicante. The latter two had demanded that grapes fro ...

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.