Red · Reserve
Vranec Reserve
Black cherry, tobacco leaf and cocoa, with a long, calm finish.
€48
Single-estate wines · Since 1962
Patience, bottled.
Wines grown on the limestone slopes of the Tikveš Valley, made slowly and released only when they are ready.
41°25′N — 22°00′E
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Kavadarci, North Macedonia
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The Vine
Old Vranec vines rooted in limestone and sun, on the slopes above Lake Tikveš.
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The Harvest
Every cluster picked by hand at first light, and gently pressed within the hour.
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The Cellar
A slow fermentation, then eighteen months in Macedonian oak, in the dark and the quiet.
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The Bottle
Numbered, signed and released only when it is ready. Patience, bottled.
The Collection
Three wines. One valley.
White · Aromatic
Temjanika Blanc
Muscat blossom, white peach and wild sage, bright and dry.
€32
Rosé · Dry
Dawn Rosé
Wild strawberry, rose petal and a whisper of sea salt.
€28
“Wine is the only thing we make that refuses to be hurried.”
Ana Orvenska · Winemaker, third generation
The Estate
A valley that has made wine for two thousand years.
Tikveš is the heart of Macedonian wine: hot days, cool nights and limestone that keeps the vines honest. Orven farms its own slopes, and nothing else.
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- Hectares of our own vines
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- Years-old Vranec vines
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- Months in Macedonian oak
The Cellar Door
Taste it where it grows.
Private tastings in the barrel cellar, Friday to Sunday, by appointment. Six wines, one view, no hurry.