About this WINE
Mateo Vicelic
Mateo Vicelic has dedicated himself to re-vitalising this stunning limestone vineyard site that slopes from 1800 feet down to the coast.
His great grandfather achieved acclaim for the full-bodied red wine from the native Plavac Mali grape, a relative of Zinfandel, but the war years and subsequent austerity made wine-making for anything other than personal use not viable.
Now producing only 10,000 bottles from 3.5ha, but with plans to re-plant some of the additional 6ha in family ownership, there are just two wines produced, the early drinking, medium-bodied and aromatic red Plavac , and the more serious and ageworthy Dingac.
Plavac Mali
Plavac Mali is the literally named "small blue wine grape" of Croatia that is that country’s most important red grape, and the first to have an appellation (Dingač, on the Adriatic coast) dedicated to it.
On south-facing slopes it creates ageworthy, full-bodied, structured wines with black fruit character and no lack of alcohol, as befits a relative of Zinfandel. Elsewhere it makes lighter, less powerful wines. The grape variety was first recorded in 1841, but has been cultivated and prized for its powerful wines for centuries before that.
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A full bodied red wine made from the local Plavac Mali grape, a parent of Zinfandel. Red plum fruit, nuanced spice and oak are underpinned by a firm but ripe tannic structure. A real find from Croatia beautiful limestone coast.
Martin Hudson MW - Wine Buyer
One of my favourite oddities of our range. Vivid, robust and brimming with black cherry fruit, with a faint suggestion of nutmeg spice on the finish. Just for some 70’s fun, why not pair with a mushroom stroganoff?
Nicola Giacomelli - London Shop
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