At the Grgurevićs’ in Janjina
A family winery in its fifth generation, terraces with vines more than fifty years old and a stone cottage among the vineyards where it was possible to stay overnight. This is how we recorded the winery in the book.
- Winemaker
- Anto Grgurević
- Tradition
- 5th generation
- Vineyards
- 2.5 ha
- Varieties
- Plavac Mali · Rukatac
- Vines
- 21,000
- Bottles a year
- 15,000
More about the grape: Plavac Mali
What we wrote in the book
Anto Grgurevič is a 5th generation successor to a family winemaking tradition. The inception of this tradition dates back to 200 years ago. The area of the farmed vineyard is 2.5 ha and it mainly comprises south-oriented slopes located in the vicinity the village of Janjina. The terraced vineyards are located in the hinterland and on one of them there is a simple stone cottage where it is possible to stay overnight and in this way to be able to taste the wine at sunset at the actual place of its birth.
From one of the terraces it is possible to view more than 50-year old shrubs, on which the quantity of grapes is dramatically reduced to enable the production of wines that are entitled to bear the grand cru indication.
Wine is produced by means of controlled fermentation; part of the production of white wines utilises the sur lie method. The white wine is stored in stainless steel tanks, while the red wine is aged in wooden barrels and also partly in barrique barrels.
Book text as printed in the English edition, chapter “Wineries in five areas”. Read the page in the sample
From the vineyard to the cellar
Photographs from the chapter “Wineries in five areas”. The bottles show the range at the time of the visit, not the current one.
Our full tasting notes on OPG Grgurević and 40 other producers are in the book.
9 other wineries in the area
According to the book, chapter “Wineries in five areas”. Profiles with addresses and GPS coordinates are in the book.
- Vinarija PZO “Putniković”
- Vinarija Dubrava, Dubrava
- Vinarija Čakelič, Žuljana
- Vinarija Ilin, Žuljana
- Vinarija Živkušič, Trstenik
- Vinarija Čirkovič, Trstenik
- Vinarija Grgić, Trstenik
- Pelješki vrhovi - PZO Janjina, Drače
- OPG Grgurević, Janjina - Drače (this article)
- Vinarija Bezek, Janjina
