Bagueri Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Goat cheese salad, grilled sea bass with herbs, asparagus risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Bagueri Superior line from Klet Brda pays homage to Count Silverio de Baguer, a Spanish diplomat and passionate visionary who transformed the viticultural landscape of Goriška Brda in the late 19th century from his estate at Dobrovo Castle. This Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the region's signature 'opoka' soil—a mineral-rich layered marl and sandstone. The steep, sun-drenched terraces benefit from a unique microclimate where warm Adriatic winds meet cool Alpine breezes. To craft this expressive white, the grapes undergo short cold maceration followed by fermentation and aging on fine lees (sur lie) in a combination of oak barrels and stainless steel tanks. This method imparts a rich, creamy texture and complex smoky undertones that beautifully complement the grape's natural herbaceous and tropical fruit character.
🍾 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
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 ABV
13-14