JNK

JNK

practicing organic farming (not certified)
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3 ha

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JNK

At the Mervič - JNK cellar we cultivate 3.5 hectares of vineyards, which grow on a marlaceous soil at a height of 100 to 300 meters above the sea level. The vineyards are located on a 30-45% inclined ground which gives us very good results extracting wine, it's aroma and acidity. Because of the special marlaceous soil (opoka) the wines contain lots of minerals. We produce mostly white wine sorts - rebula, chardonnay, green sauvignon (jakot.e), white pinot, some malvasia and sauvignon. Of the red sorts we produce cabernet sauvignon and merlot. We are included in the system of integrated production of grape and wine at the authorized organisation in Slovenia. Because of such production we have a smaller harvest per vine (approx 1.5 to 2 kg with the white sorts and 2kg with the red sorts).

The grapes at the harvesting are carefully selected. First we separate the grapes , then follows the maceration (the fermentation of the wine on the berry mass). The maceration of the white grapes takes usually 3-5 days, sometimes up to 8, while the red grapes macerates about 30-40 days. The wine matures in wooden oak barrels, where it lays for 1-2 years. They maturate on their own wine lees, which have to be healthy at the harvest so we can decide to use them. With this type of production we want to gain wine suitable for ageing, which means that we start selling our bottled wine after 3-4 years or more. During this time the wine lies in the bottles at least one year after it's been bottled.

Our philosophy of producing wine is to grow quality grapes, which is necessary for producing top-level quality wines of protected geographical origin.

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