2020 Kobal Roots Sauvignon Blanc

2020 Kobal Roots Sauvignon Blanc $24Region: Haloze Hills > Lower Styria > SloveniaGrape: Sauvignon BlancVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; marl soils on steep slopes; 35year old vines; 15 days skin maceration then matured for 6 months inused oak barrels; bottled, unfined/unfiltered, with no added So2; zerozero; 13.5% ABVWinemaker: Bojan KobalIn Northeast Slovenia, near the Austrian border, the Kobal family iscontinuing the wine tradition that has existed in this region sinceRoman times.  Here, hot summers and cold, dry winters, combined withhigh elevation vineyards and super rocky gravel/clay over marl soils,give this region a uniquely awesome terroir for producing fresh, crispand elegant wines.   It's a special place where the steep, rockyslopes force the roots of the vines to go deep into the ground to findwater, thus absorbing that minerality we love.  Owner and winemaker,Bojan Kobal, is a true scientist of his craft.We love Bojan's playful Pet-Nats, but this skin contact