VarietalsRebula

Tip: Still well under twenty-five euros, and the closest a co-op bottle gets to the small-estate amber wines of Ceglo and Medana.

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Ferdinand Rebula ★ 4.4

Rebula13.50 euros at the cellar shop

The Klasična line Rebula from Matjaž Četrtič's cellar at Gonjače, the varietal bottling of the house that built itself around this grape.

Tip: Ferdinand prices its whole Klasična range at one figure, so a mixed six of Rebula, Malvazija, Sivi Pinot, Merlot and Cabernet costs the same per bottle.

Ferdinand Malvazija ★ 4.2

Malvazija13.50 euros at the cellar shop

Malvazija in its dry Adriatic form from the Gonjače cellar, the same Klasična tier and the same price as the house Rebula.

Tip: The Época version of this wine costs 25 euros and spends time on skins. Taste the 13.50 euro bottling first to hear what maceration changes.

Ferdinand Sivi pinot ★ 4.2

Sivi Pinot13.50 euros at the cellar shop

Pinot Gris grown on Brda marl and bottled without skin contact in the Klasična range, a counterweight to the Amber Gris the same cellar makes in its Época line.

Tip: Buy it alongside the Amber Gris if your budget stretches: same grape, same slope, two completely different wines.

Ferdinand Merlot ★ 4.1

Merlot13.50 euros at the cellar shop

Brda's main red variety in its plain varietal form, from the Gonjače cellar that Matjaž Četrtič began working in 1992.

Tip: Merlot ripens reliably on these terraces and the Klasična bottling is the region's everyday red rather than a cellar wine.

Movia Ribolla ★ 4.5

Rebula17.69 euros at the estate shop

The entry Rebula of the Kristančič family at Ceglo, whose vineyards straddle the Slovenian and Italian border and have been organic certified since 2004.

Tip: Movia's Lunar Ribolla costs well over forty euros. This bottle is the same family, the same parcels and a quarter of the price.

Movia Pinot Grigio ★ 4.4

Sivi Pinot17.69 euros at the estate shop

Pinot Gris from the Ceglo estate the Kristančič family has held since 1820, fermented without added yeast and bottled unfiltered like the rest of the range.

Tip: The estate runs to thirty hectares, twenty-five of them vines, planted along the border strip where Brda meets Collio.

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