The Winery Zajc of Istra of Primorje

Winery Zajc
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 38 of the estates of Primorje.
It is located in Istra in the region of Primorje

The Winery Zajc is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Istra to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zajc wines

Looking for the best Winery Zajc wines in Istra among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Zajc 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 Zajc wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Zajc

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zajc

How Winery Zajc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork roll with mustard, tuna and goat cheese pie or salt and pepper shrimp.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zajc

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscat Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Istra

Adriatic peninsula shared between Croatia (90%), Slovenia and Italy. Mild Mediterranean climate, terra rossa on the coast. Malvazija Istarska signature white king (~60%, native): dry and fresh with citrus, white apple, white flowers, herbs, almond and saline mineral touch. Teran red star (Refosco family): deep robe, vivid acidity with blackberry, plum, black cherry, herbs and iron, firm tannins.

Roman then Venetian tradition.

The top red wines of Winery Zajc

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zajc

How Winery Zajc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of baeckeoffe, round zucchini stuffed with tuna or cheese cromesquis.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zajc

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zajc. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zajc

  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.16/5

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

  • Blaufränkisch
  • Welschriesling
  • Plavac Mali
  • Blauer Portugieser

Discover the grape variety: Plavac mali

Croatian Dalmatia more precisely. It can also be found in Greece (Macedonia), Montenegro, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. According to genetic analyses conducted by the California University of Davis (United States), it is the result of an intraspecific cross between zinfandel (called crljenak kastelanski or pribidag in Croatia) and dobricic, another Croatian grape variety that is now somewhat endangered. - Synonyms: pagadebit veliki, sarak, zelenak (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

The top pink wines of Winery Zajc

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zajc

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zajc

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The word of the wine: Golden

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

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Discover the grape variety: Welschriesling

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