Pomalo Freškavina
Winery: Pomalo Wine Co.
Classification: Dry white wine
Varietals: 100% Graševina (aka Welschriesling)
Appellation: Slavonia
Annual Production: 6,000 bottles
Alcohol: 11%
Climate: Continental, with dry and hot summers, and cold, snowy winters
Terrain: Volcanic and sandy soils with white clay stones, on a bedrock of slate and granite.
Farming: Sustainable viticulture and accordance with integrated farming guidelines.
Vinification: Embracing the minimal intervention approach in the cellar, hand-harvested grapes were destemmed, a short maceration, then pressed into a stainless steel tank to undergo spontaneous fermentation. Racked and left for 5 months on the lees. Lightly sulfured and filtered before bottling.
Tasting Notes: Graševina (aka Welschriesling) is the most widely planted white grape in Croatia, and most prominently grown in the Slavonia area near the border of Hungary. You can’t talk about Croatian whites, without talking about Graševina!
The whole point of Pomalo is to take it easy and not take things too seriously – like the name of this wine: Freškavina, loosely translated to “freshy wine”. Nothing too technical here. With the gentle expression of native yeast fermentations, Freškavina, exudes the floral aromatics and tropical fruit expression of Welschriesling, with a bright and crispy backbone that makes it super oh so refreshing. In a region famous for cured and smoked pork, pair with paprika cured meats (Kulen), fish paprikaš, vegetable stew, and crispy lard cracklings (čvarci).
Winery Information
Pomalo Wine Co.
The Begović cousins are two phenomenal winemakers from starkly different backgrounds - one based in the northeastern mountains of Slovenia, one based on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia — whom discovered their long-lost relation to each other over their mutual family lineage in the village of Kozice, Croatia.