A touch of redcurrant sweetness balances the bitter notes
oak then at some point transferred into wet XO Cognac barrels (meaning they haven't been disassembled
Wormwood and Gentian are the bittering agents
Oily texture in the mouth - the weight is impressive
This wine is grown from 100% Grignolino that has been farmed organically
Zlatan Crljenak Kastelanski 2018 Lisbon A touch of redcurrant sweetness100% Crljenak Katelanski Pronounced Tsel yen yak Kash teh lan skee, Zaltan Otok Winery grows this varietal on an extreme mountainside on the tallest peak on Dalmatian Mountains in Croatia facing the Adriatic Sea. This wine shows good acid and notes of iron, clay, miso, coffee, espresso, walnuts, sundried tomatoes. Zlatan Otok Winery was the first to plant Crljenak Katelanski, an almost forgotten varietal, in 2007 after the discovery that it was