The Winery Zigante of Istra

Winery Zigante
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 187 of the estates of Istra.
It is located in Istra

The Winery Zigante is one of the best wineries to follow in Istra.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Istra to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zigante wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Zigante

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zigante

How Winery Zigante wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of barbecue burger, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or tunisian mloukia of grandmother mimi.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zigante

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zigante. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zigante

  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 Zigante

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zigante

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

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zigante

On the nose the white wine of Winery Zigante. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zigante

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Malvazija Istarska

Discover the grape variety: Raffiat de Moncade

Raffiat de Moncade is a white Pyrenean grape variety. A descendant of the white gouais, it should not be confused with the arruffiac. This grape variety has truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes, which are stalked and winged. The raffiat de Moncade was used by the ampelographer Marcel Durquety to obtain new varieties such as perdea, arroba and arriloba. Still called rousselet, the raffiat de Moncade is associated with an early budding in the year and a late maturity of the second period. It has a semi-spreading habit. This variety is quite productive and resists grey rot and powdery mildew quite well. Raffiat de Moncade is used in the vinification of certain wines from Tursan and Béarn. It is used to produce a neutral, fine, high alcohol and warm wine. It is often combined with petit manseng and gros manseng, which give the wines a high acidity.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Zigante

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Zigante

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

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Zigante

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Zigante. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Zigante

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

The top pink wines of Winery Zigante

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zigante

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zigante

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

Discover the grape variety: Malvazija Istarska

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zigante

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 Zigante.

Discover the grape variety: Brun fourca

Brun Fourca noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and very large grapes. The Brun Fourca noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.