Quo Vadis - 2019
Tomislav Marković
- Region
- Germany » Baden » Landwein Oberrhein
- Type
- white still, dry
- Producer
- Tomislav Marković
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Alcohol
- 12.5
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
Quo Vadis (whither goest thou) is 100% Riesling from 25 years old vines. The 2019 vintage is the first release of Quo Vadis from Baden vineyards. A wandering wine with a fitting name! Spontaneously fermented in a 3rd fill 500L French tonneau, it went through full MLF.
880 bottles produced.
Ratings
4.0·@Wix Kyiv Office · Mixed Bag Vol. 4
Serving it blind is an evil act (at least to some degree) as it has little traces of Riesling. On the nose, it's dominated by secondary aromas: butter, toffee, cheese, salted nuts, baked pears, and honey. Fresh, medium body, good balance, long and flavourful aftertaste with a mineral touch. Great value.
Tomislav Marković
It is little known about Tomislav Marković, but his story seems to follow a familiar pattern. At some point, he decided to leave banking behind and switch to wine-making. A decision that came to life thanks to his occasional visits to his homeland Croatia. His uncle introduced Tomislav to the world of wine. And he became curious.
Yet before starting a winery, Tomislav wanted to get some knowledge and experience from other winemakers. In 2011, he left his banking job to study viticulture and oenology at Weincampus Neustadt. After some practice at Viera de Sousa in the Douro (Portugal) and Domaine de Montille in Volnay (Burgundy, France), he started to work as a consultant for organic viticulture and oenology.
In 2016, Tomislav became a négocian winemaker, a model he borrowed from Burgundy and Douro. It means that instead of farming vines, he was buying grapes from others to make his own wine. Risky and advantageous because it's challenging to get access to suitable and high-quality vineyards for a newcomer. Yet, he found a total of 0.5ha in Rheinhessen.
Later on, in 2019, Tomislav finally planted his own 0.5ha vineyard in Baden with Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire. In 2021, he even planted Touriga Nacional vines, presumably planted for the first time in Germany.