2020 Negotians Vinarius Pošip
Island of Korčula, Croatia
2020
100% Pošip (Poe-ship)
Mediterranean
Rich red, sandy and rocky soil
Macerated for 3 days on the skins. Pressed into stainless steel and aged for 1 year on the lees
13%
Notes & Pairings
If you travel around Korčula drinking Pošip at every opportunity (we have), there’s a big range of styles. That said, the vast majority are made reductively, whole cluster pressed, fermented at low temperatures to harness the aromatics, and overall kept really fresh and bright. These wines are delicious and unique to be sure, but we’ve never encountered a Pošip like this to date. Harvested between the 25th and the 26th of August, this vintage received more punchdowns than the 2019. More extraction to balance out the acidity. Macerated for 3 days on the skins, everything was basket pressed into stainless steel and aged for 1 year on the lees. Bottled unfined and unfiltered by hand from tank. This vintage has a little more "Žutina" (aka amber/yellowness) than the 2019, but with the added bottle aging, is in an absolutely beautiful place.
