Radovan among 12 best wines

Renowned wine expert Caroline Gilby, popularly known as the Master of Wine, recently made a list of 12 red wines from the former Yugoslav states, which was published in Decanter.

The list is dominated by Slovenian and Croatian wineries, and Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina get one place each, as does Serbia, with Radovan, a 100% Prokupac grape wine from 2015, made at the Cokot winery from the village of Starci. The winery is owned by enologist Radovan Djordjevic, and the eponymous wine was pronounced the most pleasant surprise by Vino.rs last year.

Gilby says that “this tiny and impressive new-wave garage winery has been busy reinventing Serbia’s native Prokupac grape,” and adds that “this wine has inviting aromas of black cherry and forest fruits.”

Before listing her favorites, Gilby reminded the readers of Decanter that Yugoslavia used to have 220,000 hectares of vineyards and that it used to be one of the ten largest wine producers in the world, adding that today’s winemakers are intensively trying to bring local winemaking back to its old glory.

* Barovo 2015 Tikveš, Macedonia
* Il Primo 2017 Fakin, Croatia
* Opoka Merlot 2013 Marjan Simčič, Slovenia
* Carolina Red 2015 Jakončič, Slovenia
* South Side 2014 Ahearne, Croatia
* Reddo 2015 Burja, Slovenia
* 100 % Radovan Prokupac 2015 Čokot, Serbia
* Clemente 2013 Damjanić, Croatia
* Selection Barbera 2016 Guerila, Slovenia
* Pinot Noir 2016 Pasji Rep, Slovenia
* Grimalda Red 2015 Matošević, Croatia
* Blatina de Broto 2016 Čitluk Winery, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Radovan wine

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Barovo 2015 Tikveš Macedonia

Il Primo 2017 Fakin Croatia

Opoka Merlot 2013 Marjan Simčič Slovenia

Carolina Red 2015 Jakončič Slovenia

South Side 2014 Ahearne Croatia

Reddo 2015 Burja Slovenia

Radovan Prokupac 2015 Čokot Serbia

Clemente 2013 Damjanić Croatia

Selection Barbera 2016 Guerila Slovenia

Pinot Noir 2016 Pasji Rep Slovenia

Grimalda Red 2015 Matošević Croatia

Blatina de Broto 2016 Čitluk Winery Bosnia and Herzegovina