Marjan Simcic Leonardo 2016

Marjan “was key to the success of the Goriška Brda region” when, at the age of 20, he took over the family winery that had been in operation since 1860 and “changed the profile of the region and elevated it to the top nationally and internationally”, according to Decanter magazine. Brda has the privilege of a fantastic terroir, where the Alps meet the Mediterranean, with soils of limestone marl flysch, the famous Opoka. Marjan is a force of nature, and with organically grown grapes, he creates wines of immense authenticity and minerality, absolutely unmissable for terroir explorers.

Wine:
Leonardo sweet wine is produced with 5,000 kg of extraordinary Ribolla grapes that are hand-picked and air-dried for seven months in wooden boxes (apassimento). Ribolla comes from the Medana Jama terroir in Brda, Slovenia. The vines are 67 years old, at 250 meters and facing north. Opoka marl and limestone make up the myriad of soils. Fermented and aged in barrels for 42 months.