Motovun estate and design hotel built around long-macerated, amphora and orange-wine styles across the Philosophy, Sorelle and First Roses collections, farmed on the slopes below the hill town.
Tasting: Guided tastings Tuesday-Sunday with slots at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 18:00, reservation required.
Tip: The estate is also a design hotel, so a tasting can extend into an overnight stay below Motovun.
Family winery below Motovun village working estate Teran and Malvazija across the Classics, Single Vineyard and Limited Edition ranges, with a 2021 Muscat that took a Decanter World Wine Awards gold medal.
Tasting: Open year-round for wine tastings, gastronomy dinners, vineyard tours and learning experiences; reservation via the winery's contact page.
Tip: The single-vineyard Teran bottlings are worth comparing side by side if both are open when you visit.
Roxanich pours its long-aged, macerated and orange wines in a cellar beneath its Motovun design hotel, on scheduled slots Tuesday to Sunday, four sittings a day.
Tasting: Tastings run in the cellar beneath the Roxanich hotel, designed by architect Idis Turato, walking through the estate's long-aged and macerated whites, orange wines and reds.
Truffle-house restaurant at Livade in the Mirna valley pairing seasonal Istrian truffle dishes with regional wine, attached to the Zigante Tartufi shop.
Hotel restaurant inside Roxanich's Motovun cellar and design hotel, serving zero-kilometre Istrian cuisine matched to the estate's macerated whites and reds.
Scheduled cellar sessions at Roxanich explaining the estate's extended-maceration and long-barrel-ageing method, followed by a comparative flight across the macerated and orange range.
A guided recreational and gastronomic walk through Motovun's hillside vineyards each October, timed to the close of Teran harvest, with tastings from the town's cellars along the route.
Tip: Wear proper walking shoes, the route climbs Motovun's hillside vineyard paths between tasting stops.
Idis Turato-designed hotel at Motovun built directly above the Roxanich cellar, 32 rooms and suites over a working winery with restaurant, bar and wellness facilities.
The list: Scheduled cellar tastings of the estate's macerated, orange and long-aged range, four sittings a day for hotel guests and day visitors.
Underground cellar visit at Roxanich's design hotel in Motovun, tasting the estate's long-aged, macerated and orange bottlings in the space beneath the guest rooms.
Guided Mirna valley truffle hunt paired with a Zigante tasting menu at Livade, wine pairings offered alongside the restaurant's truffle dishes.
Hotel bar inside Roxanich's Motovun design property, an evening extension of the estate's cellar tastings for overnight guests.
The list: Design-hotel bar inside the Roxanich property in Motovun, pouring the estate's macerated, orange and long-aged range for hotel guests into the evening.
Tip: The bar sits directly above the cellar, ask staff to compare a bottled pour against that day's barrel sample.
Reservation-only evening gastronomy dinners at Fakin's Motovun-area winery, a multi-course Istrian menu built around the estate's Teran and Malvazija tiers.
The list: Evening gastronomy dinners at Fakin's Brkac winery pairing the Limited Edition, Single Vineyard and Classics tiers with a multi-course Istrian menu.
Tip: These are seated, multi-course evenings, book well ahead rather than expecting a walk-in table.
Roxanich describes its roughly 20 labels as organic in approach, ranging from crisp whites to long-aged and macerated orange and red wines made with minimal cellar intervention.
Tip: Book the scheduled tasting slot rather than a walk-in, the cellar runs four sittings a day and fills ahead.