Stara Brajda Orange Ščurek

The grapes for Stara brajda white come only from older vineyards. Cold maceration takes place for 24 hours. The wine is then matured for 12 months in new and second-hand 400 and 600 l oak barrels.

It is straw yellow in colour with golden yellow tints. Delicate aromas of ripe fruit, wood and dried flowers. Full-bodied with a pleasant freshness and a long aftertaste.

Pairing with food: Veal, white meat, seafood, spicy fish dishes, white meat, young cheeses.

ORANGE WINE

Orange wine, also known as skin-contact white wine, skin-fermented white wine, or amber wine, is a type of wine made from white wine grapes where the grape skins are not removed, as in typical white wine production, and stay in contact with the juice for days or even months. This contrasts with conventional white wine production, which involves crushing the grapes and quickly moving the juice off the skins into the fermentation vessel. The skins contain colour pigment, phenols and tannins that would normally be considered undesirable for white wines, while for red wines skin contact and maceration is a vital part of the winemaking process that gives red wine its color, flavor, and texture.

MACERATION

Maceration is the winemaking process where tannins coloring agents and flavor compounds—are leached from the grape skins, seeds and stems into the must. To macerate is to soften by soaking, and maceration is the process by which the red wine receives its red color, since raw grape juice is clear-grayish in color.