Producer wine
Podrum Franjo

COUNTRY :
Croatia

REGION :

PRODUCTION :

Kreso Petrekovic

Kreso is a familiar face to anyone involved in the natural wine world as he was one of Zev’s first reps and whose passion for all things food and wine is legendary. Winemaking is very much a tradition in the part of Croatia where Kreso comes from and the family always made a little wine for home consumption. After years of selling wine, visiting wineries, and drinking countless epic bottles, he realized just what amazing raw material he had back home. These were mostly farmer wines, with no interventions, and so the potential was laid bare.

Now he spends his time between selling wine in New York and making wine in Croatia. He sources from old vines in Plješivica and lower Styria (Slovenia) from farmers who are longtime friends of the family. Some of the grapes like Riesling and Pinot Gris are familiar, while others such as Sipalj, Stajerka, Kraljevina, Smarnica, and Plavec are much more localized to these central European terroirs. These are wines that show off the quality of these incredible and mostly unknown sites as well as Kreso’s ability as a winemaker to balance minimalist, non interventionist winemaking without sacrificing sense of place.

Most are co-ferments, macerated whites, or a combination of both! In other words, these are also very easy to drink.

CUVÉES
Wine

“Muž”

Region: Plješivica, Lower Styria
Grape: Blaüer Kolner, Blaufränkisch, Pinot Gris
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 100 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in neutral oak and stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none

Wine

“Hinuk”

Region: Plješivica, Lower Styria
Grape: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Plavec, Sipalj, Kraljevina, Yellow Muscat
Vineyard Size: 1 hectare
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 80 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 4 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 12 months in neutral oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none

Wine

“Skila”

Region: Plješivica, Lower Styria
Grape: Welschriesling
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 40-100 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 2 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none

Wine

“Aubiks”

Region: Plješivica, Lower Styria
Grape: Blauer Kölner, Blaufränkisch, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Plavec, Sipalj, Kraljevina, Yellow Muscat
Vineyard Size: 1.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 40-100 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 3 day, separate maceration, separate, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none

Wine

“Kunih”

Region: Plješivica
Grape: Rajnski Rizling
Vineyard Size: 1 hectare
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 40 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 4 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 12 months in old Slovenian oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: low

Wine

“Kunih”

Region: Plješivica
Grape: Laški Rizling
Vineyard Size: 0.50 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 40 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 3 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 12 months in stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none