Kobal -- 2018 Pinot Grigio -- Stajerska, Slovenia and to a much lesser

and to a much lesser extent the 2nd-5th Growth estates

it is the Gamay from those very old vines planted on granitic soils that are typical of neighboring Beaujolais just to the South that produces their most distinctive and outstanding wine

In the traditional Burgundian method

as do many others

Kobal -- 2018 Pinot Grigio -- Stajerska, Slovenia and to a much lesserSlovenia has an ancient, pre Roman wine culture, and since the fall of the Iron Curtain and their entry into the European Union, a steadily climbing number of dry, varietal bottlings have been making their way to the US. This wine is not a white, however. The Italians call this style Ramato after their word for copper, and with three days on the pinky gray blue skins, the wine acquires a coppery pink color as well as a whisper of tannins. Sustainably