Ljubišće - Vislander

4 Ljubišće

Grape variety : 100% Plavac mali

Soil composition : Skeletal soil filled with colluvial sediment

Altitude : 120 m above sea level

Vineyard : 2,000 ha / 6,500 vines per ha

Age of vineyards : 85% older than 15 years

Yield per hectare : 8000 kg

Yield per vine : 1.25 kg

Vislander wines from Ljubišće are bottled under the Dido Bartol label.

Plavac mali

Color: medium-deep intense ruby color.

Aroma: a stunning combination of refined, delicate aromas of forest fruits and herbs, with a slight scent of leather and smoke obtained from aging in wooden barrels.

Taste: lively, delicious flavor with a seductive, slightly tart finish makes it an ideal starter wine.

An ideal wine to accompany Vis specialties such as: salted fish cake, anchovy rice brujet, sponge brujet, fried fish, tomato maništra, goat and lamb under the peka oven, grilled shrimp, roasted kid, mature sheep and goat cheeses with almonds and pistachios

Peak maturity: 3-6 years

Recommended serving temperature: 16 – 18℃

Small blue
— 2018. 13.5% Alk.
— 2019. 14% Alk.
— 2020. 15% Alk.

Still wines production

Maceration on the lees and fermentation lasts from 8 to 12 days in vinifiers with a controlled temperature of 24 to 28℃. During vinification, selective yeasts and indigenous yeasts are combined, which gives the wine the highest possible concentration of the Vis Plavac terroir. The first two days are spent on Délestage (the process of draining the juice from the lees and returning the juice to the lees) for better extraction of color and aroma, and oxygenation (irradiation) that softens the tannins that Plavac is rich in, with the lees being stirred four times a day, which continues until the fermentation is complete.

Malolactic fermentation

Part of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with Lactobacillus plantarum inoculation, and part spontaneously.

Maturation

After fermentation is complete, the wine is aged in stainless steel tanks for 100 days. After that, 60% of the wine is aged in small 225-liter oak barrels (barrique) (a combination of brand new and once-used Slavonian and French oak), 40% of the wine is aged in large 500-liter oak barrels (a combination of Hungarian and French oak). After being removed from the wooden barrels, the wine ages for another 8 months in stainless steel tanks and after bottling for another 4-6 months in bottles.

Premium dry red wine

A juicy wine with moderate tannins and pleasant freshness. A developed taste of oak, leaves and macchia with a hint of sour cherry and fennel. With strong tannins and a long finish.