Pilizota Babic 2019

◌ Organic, ⁂ Hand-harvested

A savory, age-worthy Babić from the hills above Šibenik, layered with dried red fruit, warm baking spice, and a rustic, earthy depth.

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How It Tastes

Body

Light ─────●─── Full

Fruit Character

Fresh ─────●── Dried/Baked

Sweetness
Dry ● ○ ○ ○ ○ Sweet

Tannins
Low ○ ● ○ ○ ○ High

Acidity
Low ○ ○ ● ○ ○ High

aromas & palate 

Cranberry · Pomegranate · Fig · Walnut · Cardamom · Hay Bale · Dried Straw · Earthy Minerality

What to Pair

This wine's soft tannins and warm baking spice make it a natural match for peppery, savory dishes.

  • Black Pepper Chicken
  • Cacio e Pepe Pasta

About the Producer

Piližota is a small family winery working vineyards in the hills inland from Šibenik, in Central Dalmatia, at elevations between 50 and 300 meters, where red and brown clay soils sit over a limestone base and cooling breezes roll in from the coast. The estate farms organically, with no irrigation and only minimal sulfur applied in spring, and all fruit is hand-harvested. This Babić is fermented spontaneously in open stainless steel vats with about ten days on the skins, then aged roughly six months in large, used 600-liter Slavonian oak barrels, with very little sulfur added at bottling. The winery produces around 40,000 bottles a year, built almost entirely around Babić, one of Croatia's rarest indigenous red grapes.

The Details

Varieties: 100% Babić
Type: Red Wine
Region/Country: Šibenik, Dalmatia, Croatia
ABV: 13%
Serving Temp: Lightly chilled

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Why I Chose this Wine

Babić is so rare that it's essentially confined to a small stretch of the Dalmatian coast around Šibenik and Primošten, you won't find it grown almost anywhere else in the world, and I was thrilled to get my hands on enough of it to share. 

 

What I love about this bottle in particular is the age on it: Babić tends to reward a little patience, because the tannins soften and the aromatics open up the longer it sits, and this one is already showing that baklava-like warmth of walnut and cardamom instead of just raw fruit. I hope you find it as compelling as I did.

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