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The domestic grape variety suitable for organic wine production - Panonia Amber – organic white wine

Once upon a time, when the sailors who sailed upstream on the Danube at dawn passed between the two adas near Grocka, they would see on the left the hills with vineyards that were sown in the morning sun in an indigo blue color, from the Blue stone with which the vineyards were sprinkled at that time, that's why they called those hills Plavinci.


In the 20th century, those vineyards mostly gave way to apricots, peaches, cherries and apples, and mostly to the summer cottages of the new middle class of Belgraders. But the name Plavinci and a few vineyards remained.

Amber is produced from the Panonia grape variety from our organically certified vineyard in Gročanski Vinogorje.

Fully ripe grapes are harvested by hand and after separating the berries from the stalks, they are left to macerate for up to two days without any additives. After that, it is strained and transferred to an open fermentation tank. After a few days, when the violent boiling begins to subside, the tank is closed and the boiling continues, which lasts up to 40 days depending on the year. The wine is then decanted from the coarse sediment, under a blanket of inert gas that prevents oxidation, and transferred to a tank for aging. Aging lasts about 6 months, during which time the wine is occasionally stirred, in order to raise the fine sediment from the bottom and allow the extraction of aromas. About a month before bottling, the mixing stops to allow the sediment to settle to the bottom. The wine is bottled directly from the tank, without filtering. In the entire production process, no additives are added, except for a little sulfur before bottling.

Amber is a modern and refreshing wine. Emphasized acids go well with fattier, creamier dishes. It goes well with pork and lamb, poultry in white sauces, blue fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel...) and blue cheeses. It also goes well with Asian food, especially spicy food. From cakes, it goes well with cheesecake, cherry pie, baklava.

Source: Plavinci Winery