Piquentum Malvazija Istarska 2019

Istria, Croatia

It’s not often we jump up and down at a new wine – this one had us bouncing off the walls, especially when we tasted it with Jude’s Goan Moules!

Officially, it’s an ‘orange’ wine.  But it doesn’t have a trace of the ‘weirdy beardy’ thing – just a right royal flavour sensation that just keeps giving.  If you’re a fan of tinned peaches, then you’ll love this wine – from the moment you open it, the character explodes into action.

French-born Croatian winemaker Dimitri Brečević studied his skills in France and has worked across the winemaking world, from top notch Bordeaux chateaux to state-of-the-art Australian wineries.  He’s travelled far – and he knows how to get his wines command attention.