Bura - Rukatac 2022

A traditional Croatian skin contact 'white' made with macerated grapes - its late summer packed into a & ready to be enjoyed whenever you wish.

Vivid and golden in all aspects. Yellow apples, peaches, oranges, dried grass, and dried Mediterranean herbs and florals on the nose, delicate yet intensely aromatic. On the palate its dry, soft, and fruity, with notes of ripe apples, tangerine, dried apricot, Mediterranean herbs, and a hint of nuttiness. A touch of skin contact texture, yet fresh with a delicious minerality on the finish.

Serve chilled, its great in the shade on hot, sunny afternoon.

NERD NOTES

Classification: Dry skin contact white wine 

Varietals: 100% Rukatac (aka Maraština) 

Appellation: Pelješac Peninsula, Dalmatia, Croatia 

Density & Yield: 8,000 vines/ha; 1.5 kg/vine 

Annual Production: 5,000 bottles 

Alcohol: 12% 

Climate: Mediterranean, with dry and hot summers, and mild winters 

Terrain: Inland locations on Pelješac Peninsula, mostly flat and approximately 300 meters above sea level. Red soil with clay stones over a limestone base. 

Farming: Organic. No irrigation, spraying is done only in April, with only powdered sulfites, and copper in “off” vintages 

Vinification: All grapes are strictly hand-harvested and then de-stemmed. The wine was fermented in open vats with strictly native yeasts, with approximately 7 days of skin maceration. Aged for 4 months in stainless steel (inox) tanks and bottled after a coarse filtration. 

ABOUT BURA WINERY

The tradition of viticulture and vinification in the Bura family dates back to 1860.

Throughout the time, historical circumstances have shaped family production as well as access to the market.

In 1995, Niko Bura puts on the market a wine with a family label.

Today, Bura’s cellar from its vineyards, with generational experience and professional access to production, puts on the market wines with labels: Bura Dingač, Galerija, Plavac mali sivi, Plavac, Rukatac and Ruža Dalmatinska.

Bura winery collaborates in the production and recognition of the Mrgudić wines: Postup Mare, Plavac mali Marica.

Also in association with the Benmosche family of New York, Bura Cellar collaborates in the production of the Benmosche wines: dingač and zinfandel.

Bura vineyards are found in gravel terraces, rich in minerals, among which potassium stands out, facing south, down to the sea on a slope of up to 50 degrees, from a height ranging from 300 meters to 150 meters, in a climate, typically Mediterranean flora and fauna.

The richness in potassium is probably the most important factor responsible for the quality of the grape and the Dingač wine.

The vineyards receive an average annual insolation of 2650 hours, that is, 7.2 hours per day and 9.6 hours in the vegetative cycle.

The annual average of rain is of 1200mm and during the vegetative cycle of 350mm.