Bagueri Merlot
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled ribeye steak, mature hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
The Bagueri Superior line pays homage to Count Silverio de Baguer, a Spanish diplomat who married into local nobility and transformed the viticultural landscape of Goriška Brda from his estate at Dobrovo Castle in the late 19th century. This Merlot is a testament to his legacy, sourced from selected terraced vineyards where vines dig deep into 'opoka'—the region's signature mineral-rich marl and sandstone soil. Benefiting from a unique microclimate where warm Mediterranean breezes meet cool Alpine winds, the grapes develop intense aromatics and balanced acidity. The wine is traditionally matured in a combination of French and American oak barrels for up to two years, resulting in a deeply structured, velvety red with notes of dark cherries, plums, and subtle sweet spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1957 in the western reaches of Slovenia's Primorska region, Klet Brda is a premier cooperative winery owned by approximately 400 local winegrowing families. The vineyards cascade across the steep, terraced hills of Goriška Brda beneath Dobrovo Castle, positioned between the snowcapped Julian Alps and the Adriatic Sea. This sub-Mediterranean pocket is defined by flysch soils—locally known as opoka, composed of layered marl and sandstone—imparting signature minerality and tensile structure to the fruit. Viticulture follows strict sustainable guidelines, requiring meticulous hand-tending across hundreds of micro-parcels. Chief oenologist Darinko Ribolica and winemaker Luka Ribolica vinify in subterranean cellars, seamlessly combining stainless steel with neutral and large Slovenian oak. Klet Brda champions indigenous and benchmark regional white expressions, notably Rebula (Ribolla Gialla), Sivi Pinot (Pinot Grigio), and Sauvignonasse, showcased through the minerally vibrant Family Vineyards line, skin-macerated Krasno Orange, and the oak-matured Bagueri prestige range.
🍇 Grapes
Merlot
🍷 ABV
13.5-14.5%