White Carolina is of gold and yellow colour. The smell is expressive, with a distinct smell of coconut, caramel and over ripe fruit. In the mouth the wine is dry, dense, with appropriate levels of acidity. Some discrete aromas of ripening and yeast are recognized. A very compact and harmonious wine, offering a long after taste.
Chilled grapes are macerated for 48 hours then pressed at low pressure. Alcohol fermentation is at a controlled temperature. 20% of Chardonnay is matured in oak barrels. After a year, the wines are decanted and joined.
The winemaking tradition of the Jakončič family farm dates back to 1847, when Mihael and Carolina Jakončič took over the first vineyards in the village of Kozana in Goriška Brda, thus laying the foundation for the family winery. The commitment to quality grape and wine production on the Jakončič farm was, and still is, of primary importance. Only this type of cultivation, combined with the specific vineyard vines, can be the basis for the production of extract-rich, mineral-rich and structured wines. The steady hum of a tractor somewhere in a paddock is the only proof that technology... [več o vinarju]