Širjá 2019
Širjá is 100% Syrah — nothing added, nothing softened. It opens with dark, juicy fruit and spices: blackberry, plum, fig, black pepper and liquorice,. It doesn’t aim to charm into simplicity. It builds. With each sip, new layers emerge: dried herbs, stony minerality, subtle sweetness. The finish is long and slightly wild — like it doesn’t want to leave.
Aged in oak, but not overworked. The texture is structured, almost raw, with a mineral undercurrent and dry grip. Every layer speaks of where it comes from — Slovenska Istra — and why it came back.
This isn’t about balance. It’s about presence. And a finish that doesn’t ask to be remembered. It just stays.
Read the full story here or check all technical details on the e-label here.
Location: 240 m above sea level, on hills in the hinterland of Koper with a view toward Izola
Exposure: Southeast
Soil: Eocene flysch with layers of limestone
In the vineyard: Grass-covered, hand-harvested, yield of 0.75 kg per vine
In the cellar: Spontaneous fermentation, aged in wood, unfiltered, with attention to lunar phases
Total acidity: 7.4 g/l
pH: 3.39
SO₂ – free/total: 6 mg/l, 14.5 mg/l
Širjá is 100% Syrah — nothing added, nothing softened. It opens with dark, juicy fruit and spices: blackberry, plum, fig, black pepper and liquorice,. It doesn’t aim to charm into simplicity. It builds. With each sip, new layers emerge: dried herbs, stony minerality, subtle sweetness. The finish is long and slightly wild — like it doesn’t want to leave.
Aged in oak, but not overworked. The texture is structured, almost raw, with a mineral undercurrent and dry grip. Every layer speaks of where it comes from — Slovenska Istra — and why it came back.
This isn’t about balance. It’s about presence. And a finish that doesn’t ask to be remembered. It just stays.
Read the full story here or check all technical details on the e-label here.
Location: 240 m above sea level, on hills in the hinterland of Koper with a view toward Izola
Exposure: Southeast
Soil: Eocene flysch with layers of limestone
In the vineyard: Grass-covered, hand-harvested, yield of 0.75 kg per vine
In the cellar: Spontaneous fermentation, aged in wood, unfiltered, with attention to lunar phases
Total acidity: 7.4 g/l
pH: 3.39
SO₂ – free/total: 6 mg/l, 14.5 mg/l
Širjá is 100% Syrah — nothing added, nothing softened. It opens with dark, juicy fruit and spices: blackberry, plum, fig, black pepper and liquorice,. It doesn’t aim to charm into simplicity. It builds. With each sip, new layers emerge: dried herbs, stony minerality, subtle sweetness. The finish is long and slightly wild — like it doesn’t want to leave.
Aged in oak, but not overworked. The texture is structured, almost raw, with a mineral undercurrent and dry grip. Every layer speaks of where it comes from — Slovenska Istra — and why it came back.
This isn’t about balance. It’s about presence. And a finish that doesn’t ask to be remembered. It just stays.
Read the full story here or check all technical details on the e-label here.
Location: 240 m above sea level, on hills in the hinterland of Koper with a view toward Izola
Exposure: Southeast
Soil: Eocene flysch with layers of limestone
In the vineyard: Grass-covered, hand-harvested, yield of 0.75 kg per vine
In the cellar: Spontaneous fermentation, aged in wood, unfiltered, with attention to lunar phases
Total acidity: 7.4 g/l
pH: 3.39
SO₂ – free/total: 6 mg/l, 14.5 mg/l