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• kostaslonis wrote:

  March 20, 2024 - Sample tasting at work (Oinoscent): Interesting, spicy, herbal, grapefruit, there are some dried herb notes, tight, austere but drinkable

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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  November 6, 2021 - A 100% Škrlet vinified with natural yeasts in steel tanks with the lees. Bottled unfiltered. 12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Very slightly hazy and somewhat youthful lemon-yellow color with faint greenish highlights. Relatively funky nose with moderately bretty aromas of Lambic beer and leather, lemony citrus fruits, some leesy tones, light sweeter notes of ripe yellow fruits, a little bit of phenolic spice and sappy herbal character, a sweeter hint of apple jam and a touch of waxy funk. The wine is ripe, somewhat neutral and slightly oily on the palate with a medium body. Despite its somewhat neutral overall flavors, the taste still comes across as quite intense with good sense of focus. There are flavors of red apples, some leesy notes of yeast, light bretty notes of leather and phenolic spice, a little bit of sappy herbal spice and a hint of stony minerality. The moderately high acidity feels balanced with the body and the flavors. The finish is dry, long and slightly funky with flavors of bretty leather and slightly leathery funk, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of waxy character, light leesy notes of yeast, a hint of ripe yellow apple and a tart touch of lemony citrus fruit.
  
  In contrast to the previous bottle of this wine, which was somewhat reductive, but otherwise clean as a whistle, this bottle showed a somewhat noticeable streak of brett, lending the wine a distinct lambic-like quality and somewhat leathery overtones. And this wasn't a change for the worse - at least for me, as I'm not averse to any funky qualities. Instead the bretty characteristics intermingled quite nicely with the bright fruit flavors and leesy notes, making this feel not unlike a Croatian Muscadet with a small dose of brett. A nice effort, although it seems obvious there is some bottle variation going on here. Good value at 11€.

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• forceberry wrote: 88 points

  June 20, 2021 - A 100% Škrlet vinified with natural yeasts in steel tanks with the lees. Bottled unfiltered. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Rather pale straw-yellow color. Characterful, spicy and slightly waxy nose that starts off with a little bit of flatulent reduction that fortunately blows off quite quickly. Aromas of slivered almonds, some dried herbs, a little bit of smoky reduction, light notes of ripe yellow fruits and a hint of leesy yeast. The wine is dry, balanced and quite neutral on the palate with a medium body and clean, fresh flavors of stony minerality, some waxy tones, a little bit of fresh red apple, light herbal notes, a hint of mineral water and a touch of leesy yeast. The overall impression is neutral but not dilute, coming across as something not unlike a Croatian Muscadet. Balanced, quite high acidity. The finish is fresh and somewhat neutral with moderately long flavors of red apple, some stony minerality, a little bit of fresh white peach, light crunchy notes of white currant and a hint of mineral water.
  
  A somewhat neutral and slightly underwhelming but also enjoyably fresh, balanced and mineral little white. Nothing too challenging or particularly memorable, but nothing to complain about either. All in all, a nice, bright and palate-cleansing little everyday white. Priced according to its quality at 11€.

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• Thegreen1985 wrote: 75 points

  February 5, 2021 - Croatian white wine from Moslavina: Skrlet. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Pale golden color.
  
  Aromas and flavors of apple, lemon, butter and vanilla.
  
  Dry. Medium body. Medium acidity. Unbalanced. Some structure. Almost no complexity.
  
  Medium finish with apple, bitterness and alcohol.
  
  Probably the first Skrlet ever exported to a Scandinavian country. Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it drinkable? Well. Probably at it’s best when mixed with mineral water, as the custom in Moslavina prescribes. 75/100

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• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Kosovec Estate Winery
• Varietal Škrlet
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• Country Croatia
• Region Croatian Uplands
• SubRegion Moslavina
• Appellation Voloder – Ivanić Grad

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