Zlatan Syrah Grand Select 2016 - Zlatan Otok

About the wine

The story of the Zlatan Otok winery begins in the small village of Sveta Nedjelja on the island of Hvar in Croatia. These beautiful vineyards are located on the island's unique southern slopes, where the Augustinian monks began growing grapes as early as the 16th century. The founder of this winery and father of the current owners, Zlatan Plenković, was a fisherman and was born in the village of Sveta Nedjelja. He founded a small family business and bottled his first bottle of wine in 1986. In 1991, the family founded the company Vitis, which changed the name to Zlatan Otok two years later. Zlatan Plenković passed on his knowledge and love of wine to his children at an early age. Marin and Nikola Plenković, the children, became partners and founded the sister company Vinoline. Vinoline is the largest family winery and is located near the town of Šibenik. Today, Marin and Nikola Plenković own more than 120 hectares of vineyards on the island and the mainland. They also buy grapes from another 50 hectares from subcontractors. They select these particularly carefully.