Family Vineyards Sivi Pinot Pinot Grigio
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled seafood, creamy mushroom risotto, roasted chicken breast
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the steep, hand-harvested terraced hills of Goriška Brda in Primorska, this Sivi Pinot (the Slovenian name for Pinot Grigio) reflects a unique microclimate where alpine breezes from the Julian Alps meet warm Mediterranean winds from the Adriatic Sea. Grown in the region's signature 'opoka' soil—a mineral-rich layered marl and sandstone—the grapes develop a distinctive saline minerality and bright acidity. The cooperative's family growers preserve this vibrant character through gentle pressing and temperature-controlled fermentation entirely in stainless steel tanks, avoiding oak contact to let the pure, expressive fruit and local terroir shine through.
🍾 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
Pinot Grigio
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%