2024 Dorcha Sauvignon Blanc Pet Nat, Slovenia
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Sauvignon Blanc
Dorcha is the brainchild of Izidor (Dorcha) Vehovar. He is the 3rd generation of his family to continue the path of viticulture and winemaking, and is intent on a new direction, a friendlier path. Izidor is a passionate but humble winemaker in the village of Ritoznoj. He keeps to himself and is often found wandering the wooded mountains of Pohorje, embracing nature and foraging for local mushrooms (a local specialty in NE Slovenia), or in his cellar processing and aging his own salumi and cured meats.
From 22 ha of vines, the family produces 6,000 cases of wine. The drive is to do as much as possible to make great wine, starting in the vineyard, as everything good comes from the vineyard. Farming is done with the greatest respect for the land, with entirely sustainable viticulture, and all under Slovenia’s strict integrative farming requirements, with no use of pesticides or herbicides in the vineyards.
Hand-picked grapes are destemmed and pressed. Natural settling allowed for 48 hours before racking. Spontaneous fermentation with wild yeast. Bottling just prior to the end of fermentation with no sulphur addition. Fully harnessing the tremendous aromatics captured by the wind-rich hilly vineyards, zesty minerality from the marl soils, and power from the steep sloped exposure. Exploding aromatically with green and tropical fruits – lime and grapefruit zest lead into an electric palate of fresh kiwi, lemon preserves and white grapefruit