The Simčič family had been farming the hills of Goriška Brda decades before Edi and his wife Marica bottled their first vintage in 1989. Today, their son Aleks and grandsons Jure and Jakob tend 13 hectares of steep, sun-drenched slopes across three villages, farming sustainably on the region’s signature opoka soils featuring layers of calcareous sandstone, marl, and clay that lend a distinctive salinity. Yields average just 700 grams per vine, around a half-bottle per plant.

Considered by the family to be their flagship cuvée, Fojana Rebula is sourced from a tiny 0.45-hectare parcel at Sveti Duh in Fojana, a warm, south-facing slope with 43-year-old vines planted on calcareous sandstone and marl. After a 2–4 hour maceration, the juice goes to French oak barriques and tonneaux (10% new, the rest 1–3 years old) for 11 months, then spends 18 months in bottle before release. The 2022, from a very dry, warm vintage, shows notes of quince, honeycomb, dried apricot, white pepper, plus a deep mineral core. Around 1,150 bottles (and 100 magnums) produced.