{"title":"Country Slovenia","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mario-natur-2024","title":"MARIO NATUR 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale lemon, alive with tiny persistent bubbles. Yellow apple, white peach, a spring morning breath of meadow flowers.\u003cbr\u003eCrisp. Bone-dry. Deceptively easy to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario is named after no one in particular — it's just a name that stuck, somewhere on the hillside above Bizeljsko, where the Kelhar family has been farming since 1776. Rumeni Plavec is the grape: an indigenous variety so naturally high in acidity that it keeps its tension even in the hottest summers, which makes it ideal for sparkling wine. Blended with Chardonnay and finished in bottle — no disgorgement, no dosage, no filtration. 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This is a pét-nat built on Rumeni Muškat and Sauvignon: aromatic, naturally sparkling, completely dry because fermentation runs all the way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumeni Muškat 80% and Sauvignon 20%, hand-harvested from north and east-facing slopes at 350 metres above sea level. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with ambient yeasts. Bottled before fermentation completes — méthode ancestrale, crown cap, no disgorgement. Completely dry, with natural yeast sediment. No added sulphites, no fining, no filtration. Organic, Demeter certified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPENING NOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eChill upright for at least 30 minutes before opening. Open the crown cap slowly and carefully. Once open, you can swirl the sediment in if you'd like — or leave it. 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Keltis ferments it dry, which is the harder path but the more interesting one: the florals stay, but they're balanced by acidity and a mineral tension from the marl soils. The result is a wine that smells like a garden and drinks like a wine. Not a liqueur. Not an aperitif. A proper white wine from an aromatic grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), hand-harvested. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with ambient yeasts. Aged on lees in stainless steel. Fermentation pushed to complete dryness. No fining, no filtration. Minimal sulphites. 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