A Croatian Wine Tasting

A Croatian Wine Tasting – Episode #553

October 7, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk Tastes 2 Whites and a Red from Croatia.

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“Hi there, grat show, and just one addition….

Since some of the fo…” by vedran
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Vivoda Malvazija
2006 Kutjevo Mihalj Graevina
2004 Zlatan Otok Plavac Mali

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October 8, 2008

Jason Snowden
QOTD: None yet, but I will do everything in my power to find this amazing wine!
October 8, 2008

Jeff R
QOTD: Nothing that i can remember.
October 8, 2008

Jayhitek
QOTD: NONE!
October 8, 2008

ChiroGuyDC
Great show as usual GARY, QOTD: None…BOOOOOO!!!
October 8, 2008

DanLomanto
QOTD: None :/

I liked the seating change though. Slick move.
October 8, 2008

Vas
Had a Saperavi from Georgia that was pretty good.
October 8, 2008

Chris Hansen
Ants in your Plavac pants Gary.

QOTD: None, but am willing to try.
October 8, 2008

Tim
QOTD: None. I haven’t had any European wines.

I’m sort of doing that blind pick at the grocery store purchase. They actually have a large selection of wines where I shop. So far I haven’t found anything that I love.
October 8, 2008

Scottie P
Great show! Nice to see a killer wine rock the house! I like hearing about wines from all over the world. Keep up the great work Gary!
QOTD: None. Haven’t had any wines from Eastern Europe that I know of. I will keep an eye out for them now…
October 8, 2008

Lena
Since I am from Slovenia which is a neghbouring country to Croatia my answer would be quite a few. Never tryed Plavac though, but I will in the future, due to this show I guess.

I think you should also try some of the Slovenian wines, my personal opininon is that they are WAY better than Croatian, hehe (this is only my personal opinion).

A note about Tokaj to a guy from Slovakia and those who might be interested: Tokaj used to be produced all over the Eastern Europe but Hungarians made Tokaj a Hungarian trade mark a few years ago therefore other wine makers all over the Eastern Europe who used to make Tokaj are not allowed to call their wines Tokaj any more, instead they get to call them sauvignonasse / sauvignone vert.This decision was especially brutal for Slovenian wine makers since we’re also a neighbouring country to Hungary. Nowadays there is still a lot of controversy present in Eastern Europe wheather Tokaj is really a Hungarian wine or not.
October 8, 2008

Miquel
Actually, Murso, Gary is correct in that it is the child of Zinfandel. Crljenak Kaštelenski (otherwise known as Zinfandel or Primitivo) was crossbred with Dobri?i? to create Plavac Mali, thus making it the child of Zinfandel. For anyone who wants to try it, you can buy it from this importer: http://www.bluedanubewine.com

-miquel
Vinologue (the yet to be released book about the wines of this region)
October 8, 2008

Jeremiah
QOTD: Currently I have had None.
October 8, 2008

Garry M.
Thanks for the great info.
Answer to the question would be… none… yet.
October 8, 2008

IPBrian
QOTD: UGH…none. There I said it.
October 8, 2008

Murso
Forebearer, genetic parent, or ancestral grape would be the correct relation to Zinfandel of Pavac Mali, rather than the opposite, and incorrectly used term “descendant”. Napa Valley legend and Croatian native Mike Grgich brought attention to this relation, and has been making wine in Croatia since at least the mid nineties.
October 8, 2008

rikta
HEY GARY ,WHAT A SURPRISE WHO COULD’VE THOUGHT ,I’VE TRIED ONE EASTERN EUROPEAN WINE BEFORE IT’S CALLED MAVROUT …NOT SURE ABOUT THE SPELLING LOL
AND IT’S FROM BULGARIA ,NOTHING CRAZY THOUGH VERY BASIC ,WAY TOO SWEET AT LEAST FOR ME IT WAS ,BUT MY GIRLFRIND AT THE TIME LIKED IT,IT DID NOT BRING THE THUNDER FOR ME THAT’S FOR SURE ,IT WAS VERY SEMILAR TO A FAKE CALIFORNIAN PINOT NOIR .
October 8, 2008

Ryan
Never tried any Eastern European wines, I’m trying to get my friends to try more things but it’s tough going.

At least this time it’s not only us Quebecers that can’t get the wine
October 8, 2008

PhilB
Wow!

I’ll be looking for that one!!

BTW, Gary, you need to stand up for the Canadian Contingency and do hockey cards next time!

QOTD: Tokaj from hungary, both sweet and dry… Dry Furmint is really up there quality wise!!

All the best from Paris,
October 8, 2008

Derek
QOTD: None.

(I just ordered some of the Plavac Mali online though.)
October 8, 2008

walkieboy
Had my first Plavac Mali 2 years ago at the restaurant CoccoLa in Hillsboro, NJ (right on 206). Drank it w/ Pork “Osso Buco”, been raving about it ever since.

GO COWBOYS
October 8, 2008

hasbeen
When I said none, I was thnking of dry wines, I have had some Tokais.
October 8, 2008

Mark Fitzpatrick
Never had a Croatian wine…Now it’s on the radar, and one I will check off.

Mark
October 8, 2008

hasbeen
QOTD: None. Actually, we had dinner the other night with friends who visited there recently. We were discussing wines from that region. The consensus was, “there is no good wine there.” Glad to hear that is changing.
October 8, 2008

Matus
Drinking mainly east european wines – as I’m from Slovakia We have a couple of great whites and reds… BTW, Tokaj is also a slovak trademark (not just hungarian)
October 8, 2008

italianwinelover
QOTD: Nope never had one but really want to seek this one Plavac out.

Love to see you so excited about a wine! Thanks for a great show! Cowgirl cheese was featured in Wine Spectator – you are ahead of your times!!