2022 Tamjanika

Tamjanika is a Serbian clone of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, but has taken on a whole new life here. Planted in the volcanic, limestone and clay of the Remete vineyard, it’s just a mere 200-300 meters from the Danube River. It had been fallow for 50 years and never treated with any kind of synthetic treatment ever. Picked with 15% botrytized berries, it was then fermented in open vats, macerated for 5 days, and then barreled down for 16 months before being bottled unfiltered with gravity with zero additions. In contrast to the floral descriptors we often use to describe Muscat, Tamjanika translates to “incense.” Dense and pungent, this is like walking into a smoky room not a flower shop.