Matic Pinot Gris

This Pinot Gris is dynamic and a well crafted white wine. The skins from the grapes stay in contact with the juice for 48 hrs which in turn adds both color and flavor to this wine. With a slight pinkish hue this wine signals its not like other Pinot Gris. As with all his wines, this wine is dry farmed from a single vineyard and produced with organic and biodynamic methods. The results show. Notes of white cherries, melon, and quince are present. With a lush mouthfeel this wine is perfect with fish, chicken and light fare but has the body to back up steak tacos, chipotle sauces, and spicier Indian food. This is a delicious and versatile wine, not just a summer sipper.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Coming from the predominantly white wine region of Štajerska, the extreme northeastern portion of Slovenia (near the borders with Austia and Hungary), MATIC WINES is Matija Žerjav, known simply as Matic to his friends and family. Matic chooses to farm his 9 hectares of land using all organic and biodynamic methods. He prefers these methods less because of the fashion of natural and organic winemaking and more because he firmly believes this is how wine should be made. He wants his children to be able to play in the vineyard and someday, should they choose, he would be happy to see them follow in his footsteps and farm the same land, hills, and valleys which he farms.

Matic is a young, motivated, and thoughtful winemaker. He is part of a younger generation of winemakers not satisfied with the status-quo. While he understands and respects the history and methods passed down from his grandfather, he is also not afraid to take chances and think outside the box. In a region known for their steely fresh white wines, Matic thought to produce a single barrels each of Chardonnay, Laški Rizling, and Riesling. His work paid off as those wines sold out very quickly. He’s also begun experimenting with skin-contact wines and aging wines in clay amphora rather than the traditional steel or wood. We’re excited to see where this ideas lead him.

But Matic also produces a beautiful line of floral yet crisp white wines, his Classic Line of wines. He produces a beautifully succulent and grassy Sauvignon Blanc. This wine falls on the opposite side of the spectrum from the intense citrus bombs of New Zealand. Additionally, he has focused on wine varieties native to the area, such as: Kerner, Šipon (also known in Hungary as Furmint) and Pinot Gris.