Product: Josić Cuvée Superior
Country: Croatia
Region: Baranja
Producer: Josić
Closure: Wine Cork
Alcohol: 13.50%

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A Cabernet-based red from Baranja, in the far east of Croatia, where the Josić family makes wine in a cellar dug into the Banova kosa hill at Zmajevac. The black stork on the label is Ciconia Nigra, the name this cuvée carries, and it is among the most awarded wines made in Baranja.

The Josić family from Osijek bought the old 1935 cellar and 1.6 hectares of old vines in 1999 and restored it. The owner, Damir Josić, trained as a chef at Alma in Parma, and the estate now farms about 25 hectares on a hill the Romans called the Golden Hill, in a region better known for its whites.

Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon form the base, with Merlot and Syrah in support. The wine matures at least twelve months before bottling and then rests in bottle. It smells of forest fruit with cinnamon, vanilla and black pepper, and has a full, structured body with well integrated alcohol and soft, fully ripe tannins.

Serve at 17 degrees with game, red meat or, as the producer suggests, oily fish.

The Josić family from Osijek bought an old 1935 cellar dug into the Banova kosa hill at Zmajevac in Baranja in 1999, together with 1.6 hectares of old vines, and restored it. Owner Damir Josić trained as a chef at Alma in Parma; the estate now farms about 25 hectares and runs a restaurant and tasting room at the cellar.