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Konrad Jan`ekovi~ Markovci 33 2281 Markovci phone: +386 62 761-126 fax: +386 62 761-008 |
Few growers in Haloze make their own wine, and even fewer bottle and sell it under their own trade name. Konrad Jan`ekovi~ is one of the more successful, and his products wines won a number of medals and awards at exhibitions in Slovenia.
Grapes for Tur~an wines grow on Tur{ki Vrh near Zavr~. Jan`ekovi~ cultivates three hectares (7.4 acres) of vineyards, 1.8 hectares of his own and the rest leased. He grows only white wines characteristic of the Haloze area: La{ki Rizling dominates his production, followed by Sauvignon, Rumeni Mu{kat, and Mu{kat Otonel. Chardonnay, Sivi Pinot, and Renski Rizling are still rare in his vineyards.
Jan`ekovi~ prepares two hundred hectoliters (5284 gallons) of wine annually. Seventy hectoliters (1849 gallons) is a blend of La{ki Rizling, Renski Rizling, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Rumeni Mu{kat marketed as table wine. thirty hectoliters (792 gallons) of Jan`ekovi~'s wines are in the quality range, and the rest is high-quality. The Tur~an trade name is well known for its special editions of quality and high-quality wines such as Valentinovo Vino (St. Valentine's Wine) and Novoletna Polnitev (wine bottled on New Year's Day).
Jan`ekovi~'s special quality wines are quite successful: his La{ki Rizling and Sauvignon suhi jagodni izbor were both awarded gold medals and Champion titles at the Ptuj exhibition in 1994. The regular harvest Rumeni Mu{kat is also quite good: his 1990 and 1991 vintages were declared varietal Champions at Podgorci. His Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot, and Mu{kat Otonel have also won favourable reviews.
The best Tur~an vintage is 1993.
