Vranac Barrique
Description
| Wine variety | Vranac |
| Alcohol | 14.5% |
Grapes for this wine comes from the best parcels of Ćemovsko polje. Itwas picked in the period of full, technological ripeness with the best polyphenolic complex and high sugar content. The wine has a dark ruby red color with purple hues. It has multi-layered aromas of red fruits, black currant, blackberry, followed by chocolate, caramel and licorice notes. On taste is complex, full of fruity tones of cherry, prune, chocolate and creamy caramel. Wine is rounded, soft and aroma of toasted oak and smoke can be felt.
Serving
Temperature: 18 – 20°C
Glass:Tulip red wine glass
Pairing with food
| Strong, greasy and well flavoured red meat, game meat, prosciutto and high fat cheese. |
Awards
2019
Vranac Barrique 2015, Gold medal, CWSA, Hong Kong
Vranac Barrique 2015, Silver medal, Decanter World Wine Awards
Vranac Barrique 2015, Silver medal, Mundus Vini
2016
Vranac Barrique 2012, Gran Gold medal, International Fair Novi Sad, Serbia
2013
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, Balkan International Wine Competition and Festival, Bulgaria
Vranac Barrique2008, Gran gold medal, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Belgium
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, International Wine Contest Bucharest, Bulgaria
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, Mundus Vini, Germany
Vranac Barrique 2008, Silver medal, Decanter Asia Wine Awards, Hong Kong
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, AWC Vienna, Austria
2012
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, AWC Vienna, Austria
Vranac Barrique 2007, Gold medal, The China Wine Awards, Hong Kong
Vranac Barrique 2007, Bronze medal, Wine Festival San Antonio, USA
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, AWC Vienna, Austria
Vranac Barrique 2008, Silver medal, MONDE SELECTION, Belgium
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, International Fair Novi Sad, Serbia
Vranac Barrique 2008, Gold medal, Jadranski sajam Budva, Montenegro
2011
Vranac Barrique 2005, Grand gold medal, BeoWine Fair, Serbia
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, International Fair Novi Sad, Serbia
Vranac Reserve 2005, Bronze medal, Decanter, Great Britain
Vranac Barrique 2007, Bronze medal, Decanter, Great Britain
Vranac Barrique 2007, Gold medal, Mundus Vini, Germany
Vranac Barrique 2007, Silver medal, China Wine Awards, China
Vranac Barrique 2007, Gold medal, Jadranski sajam Budva, Montenegro
Vranac Barrique 2007, Gold medal, International Fair Novi Sad, Serbia
2010
Vranac Barrique 2005, Silver medal, Les Citadelles Du Vin, France
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, Vinagora, Hungary
Vranac Barrique 2005, Silver medal, AWC Vienna, Austria
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, Mundus Vini, Germany
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, Vino Slovenija, Slovenia
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, VINOVITA, Croatia
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, Gast Mix, Croatia
Vranac Barrique 2005, Gold medal, Jadranski sajam Budva, Montenegro
Technical characteristic
Harvest
Despite the extremely high temperatures and dry weather, the harvest of 2015 was of exceptional quality, not only for the production of red but also for white wines. The grapes were in excellent health. The harvest was carried out exclusively at night (because of the lower temperatures) in order to preserve the full aromatic potential of grapes.
Vineyard
| VITICULTURAL AREA | Valley of Lake Skadar, Podgorica’s viticultural area |
| LOCATION | Ćemovsko polje; microlocalities: Šipčanik, Nikolj Crkva |
| EXPOSITION | North-South |
| SOIL | shallow, skeletal |
| PLANTING DENSITY | 2.60 x 0.70 m and 2.60×0.90 m |
| CULTIVATION | unilateral and bilateral Guyot |
| AVERAGE AGE OF GRAPEVINES | from 3 to 36 years |
Technical information
| GRAPE VARIETY | Vranac
|
| YIELD | 6–8 t/ha |
| HARVEST TIME | second half of Septembar |
| HARVEST METOD | manual |
| VINIFICATION | alchocol fermentation in the inox tanks, MLF in barrique barrels |
| TEMPERATURE OF FERMENTATION | from 25 to 27 °C |
| DURATION OF FERMENTATION | 12–14 days |
| MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION | Inoculation of bacteria for MLF |
| AGING | barrique barrels for a year (80% french, 20% american oak), one year in inox tanks and a year in bottle.
|
| DURATION OF AGING | 3 years |
| CHEMICAL ANALYSIS | alcohol–14.5 %vol, pH–3.56, total acids–6.0 g/l |
