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Winnica Płochockich · Sandomierz
St. Laurent · loess over limestone · 2022
Winnica Płochockich
- Location
- Near Sandomierz
- Vineyard
- 3 ha
- Elevation
- 190–230 m
- Soils
- loess, limestone
- Farming
- family-farmed, hand harvest
- Winemaker
- The family
- Grapes
- St. Laurent
- Winemaking
- native yeast, steel and older oak
- Annual production
- not disclosed
- Imported since
- 2026
The story
A family name and a dark grape.
Winnica Płochockich means the Płochocki family's vineyard, and the name is the brief. It is a small estate in the hills around Sandomierz, a town on the Vistula and the centre of the Sandomierz Wine Route.
It is our name on the label, so we taste every barrel.
The ground is loess over limestone, and the region gets between 550 and 800 millimetres of rain a year. Loess holds that water and gives the wines a soft middle; the limestone underneath gives them a firm finish. The rows face south, toward the river.
St. Laurent is not a common grape in Poland. It is dark-skinned and soft in tannin, and on these slopes it makes a red with dark fruit and the acidity of a cool site. The family picks by hand, ferments in steel with native yeast and ages the wine in older oak. We import one wine from the estate.
Wines we represent · 1
From this estate.
Harvest notes by vintage
What each year did.
- 2023
- 2022