The IVANČIĆ GRIFFIN winery is a true rock star when it comes to Croatian sparkling wines. Their vineyards are located on the highest parts of Plešivica over 400m above sea level. Using cryogenic maceration, this winery manages to keep the fruit base of their wine intact. Talk about bubbling up our interest! The unique characteristic of these vineyards is that most of them are located on slopes with over 2,000 hours of sunshine per year, which is almost a fifth more than a average island in Croatia. The vineyards are cultivated manually because the locations are very steep, and in one vineyard you cannot even enter without special shoes.

The Ivančić Griffin Coral wines it’s a more audacious project turning this unique specialty a big Croatian step to the wine world, where the family age the wines 20 meters underwater for around 12 months with The perfect conditions for aging wines the temperature at this level is stable and between 8 – 16 Celsius degrees, with the maximum change of 1 Celsius degree per month. Wine benefits from the silence and no direct sunlight.