Feravino Dika Grasevina

Region: Slavonia, Croatia

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Graevina (aka Welschriesling)

ABV: 12.5%

Youthful yellow in colour with green hues. This dry white wine opens with aromas of lemon, green apples, and fine floral notes. The palate is fresh, fruit-driven, and slightly aromatic, with a touch of almond bitterness on the finish that gives this Graevina a special liveliness.

Feravino winery owns 160 hectares of vines, spread across three locations within a 24-kilometer radius from its base in the Ferianci village. The winery focuses mostly on Graevina (aka Welschriesling), Croatias most important white grape. The regions continental climate and cool soils with high clay content and low in organic matter combine to produce expressively aromatic wines. The vines are trained via the double Guyot method and grow on the slopes of Krndija Mountain, benefitting from the significant moderating effect that the surrounding forests have in the area’s hot, dry summers and cold wet winters.

In 2018, winemaker Martin Kovaevi and his wife, vineyard manager Lucija Kovaevi, took the reins of this historic estate. The winerys history dates back to 1804, with their original cellar located in Ferianci, a village in the region of Slavonia, Eastern Croatia. Winemaking was first introduced to the region by Cistercian and Templar monks during the 13th century. It remains one of Croatias key wine regions today, though is perhaps best known as the source of the Slavonian oak widely used in winemaking across the world.