Bagueri Sivi Pinot Pinot Grigio
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
The premium 'Bagueri' line pays homage to Count Silverio de Baguer, a Spanish nobleman and diplomat who settled in the Dobrovo Castle during the late 19th century and elevated the region's viticulture to aristocratic standards. Crafted from hand-harvested Sivi Pinot (Pinot Grigio) grown on the steep, mineral-rich marl terraces of Goriška Brda, known locally as 'opoka', this wine represents a sophisticated, structured departure from light, mass-market Pinot Grigios. To achieve its signature complexity, the grapes undergo a short maceration, followed by fermentation and maturation in a combination of French oak barriques and large oak casks on fine lees. This traditional method imparts a rich, golden-copper hue, a creamy texture, and a complex bouquet of ripe pear, red apple, dried flowers, and delicate vanilla undertones.
🍾 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
Sivi Pinot (Pinot Grigio)
🍷 ABV
13-14%