Edi Simcic, Kolos
(KOH-los)

Tasting Notes: If one ever desired to challenge Bordeaux in a blind tasting, winemaker Aleks Simcic’s Kolos would be THE competitor to knock any Bordeaux champion off its pedestal! Bold statement? Hardly, if you have Kolos as your secret weapon. Understanding the supreme pedigree of this wine is simple, as one taste vividly displays the entangled, sultry finese of pine oil, cherry liqueur, bilberry, and dehydrated blueberries, blended with steeped tea leaves, liquid smoke, cinnamon stick, fern leaf, and dirt road minerality. Kolos is truly Slovenian in its purest expression.

	Goriška Brda, Slovenia. (Town of Vipolže) 7.5 hectares.		Ponca.
	Edi Simcic. (AY-dee SEEM-chitch)		Double-Cane Guyot. Single-Cane Cordon. 5,500-7,500 vines/hectare. .5 bottle/plant yield.
	Edi & Aleks Simcic. (AY-dee SEEM-chitch) (AHL-eks SEEM-chitch)		15 days with ambient temp and frequent submersion of the skins.
	34% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Cabernet Franc.		1st passage French oak barriques.
	0.8 grams per liter.		42 months in the barrel. 12 months in the bottle.
	5.6 grams per liter.		50 cases.
	14.0% by volume.		Prime Rib, Porcini mushroom risotto, and wild boar ragu.