The Winery Zigante of Istra

Winery Zigante - Cabernet Sauvignon
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 beef with balsamic sauce, caramelized lamb mice or spaghetti all 'amatriciana.

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
  • 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
  • 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: De Chaunac

Interspecific crossing between 5163 Seibel (2 Gaillard x 2510 Seibel) and 793 Seibel obtained by Albert Seibel (1844-1936). De Chaunac is related to the chelois and the chancellor. It can be found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, ... in France it was little multiplied and therefore almost endangered.

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 word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.

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

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.

News about Winery Zigante and wines from the region

Reduced planting density initiative approved in Champagne

The proposal reduces the mandatory density of planting from 8,000 vines per hectare to approximately 6,000. This would be accomplished by allowing 2.2 metres between rows, essentially removing every other row. The stated purposes include reducing the cost of maintaining the vineyards and therefore the time necessary to maintain them. This has been put forward as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and proponents estimate that such emissions would be 20% lower under the measure, leading som ...

Walls: a drink with Château de Beaucastel’s César Perrin

The Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainable viticulture. They converted their 100ha estate to organics as early as 1950; biodynamics in 1974. And when it comes to facing the climate crisis, they’re not standing still; refurbishing cellars, planting trees, championing ancient varieties and developing new techniques in the vineyard. Winemaker César Perrin explains… ‘The main reason we decided to construct a new ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.