3 Voščice
Variety: 100% Plavac mali
Ground composition: soil deposit on the base of Pleistocene sands
Elevation: 90 m above sea level
Vineyard size: 1.200 ha / 6500 vines per ha
Vineyard age: 100% more than 15 years old
Yield per hectare: 8000 kg
Yield per vine: 1,40 kg
Vislander wines from the Voščice appellation are under the label of grandpa Andrija.
Plavac mali
Colour: delicate to medium-deep ruby color.
Aroma: a lively aroma of forest fruits and cherries with notes of dried leaves and herbs, with a slight scent of leather and smoke from aging in large wooden barrels.
Taste: medium strong body, refreshing vibrant taste with mildly tannin ending in which one can detect a discrete smoky note.
Enjoying wine with Vis specialities such as: salted fish pie, pilchard risotto, grilled lamb, fried fish, tomato pasta, grilled European pilchard, roasted lamb under the bell, snail stew, grilled scampi, pašticada with gnocchi, matured sheep and goat cheeses with almonds and pistachio.
Aging potential: 3-6 years
Serving temperature: 16 – 18℃
Vintage
— 2018 13 % Alc.
— 2019 13,5 % Alc.
— 2021 15 % Alc.
Wine making
Macerating on solids and fermentation take 8-12 days in fermentation tanks with a controlled temperature of 24 – 28 degrees Celsius. During the vinification process, it is combined with one part selection yeasts and autochthonous yeasts, which gives the wine the highest possible concentration of terroir of Plavac. The first two days the Délestage is done (the process of draining the juice from the must that is again returned by soaking onto the solids) for better extraction of colour, aroma and oxygenation (irradiation) which softens the tannins abundant in Plavac, while stirring the solids 4 times a day until the end of fermentation.
Malolactic fermentation
Part of the wine goes through malolactic fermentation in inox barrels with the inoculation of Lactobacillus plantarum, and partly spontaneously.
Maturation
After fermentation ends, the wine rests in inox barrels for 100 days. After that 80% of the wine rests in large 500L oak barrels (combination of Hungarian and French oak) for 10-12 months and 20% rests in inox tanks. After removal from wooden barrels the wine rests for an additional 8 months in inox tanks and 4-6 months in bottles after bottling.
Vintage 2018
Premium dry red wine
Intense aromas of ripe blackberry, fig and thyme. Baked and powerful, with notes of wood smoke and leather.
Decanter Bronze 2021
Vintage 2019
Premium dry red wine
Pretty nose of coffee, mocha, floral petal and dark cherry; liquorice and silky tannins on the palate.
Decanter Bronze 2025
Vintage 2020
Premium dry red wine
Developed, oaky, leafy, undergrowth, dark cherry, and licorice. With assertive tannins and a long finish.
