Jablan Winery

Jablan Winery Sample our naturally produced wines at our artisan winery in Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro.

Kotso 2024 - Gold Medal 🥇The Pulse of the Land: Jablan Wins Gold at The Balkans International Wine Competition and Festi...
17/06/2026

Kotso 2024 - Gold Medal 🥇

The Pulse of the Land: Jablan Wins Gold at The Balkans International Wine Competition and Festival (BIWC 2026)

Why we’re all about it.

From Montenegro to the World: Rvaši has officially arrived. And honestly? It’s the moment we needed.

Our Jablan Kotso 2024 just won a Gold Medal at the Balkans International Wine Competition (BIWC 2026) on the sun-soaked island of Hvar, Croatia. A bold red blend of Kratošija and Vranac, competing against 280 wineries from 12 different countries, recognized by some of the world’s most respected Master of Wine judges.

This isn’t just a trophy on a shelf. It’s proof that you can do things differently—radically differently—and still win.

That low-intervention, biodynamic, terroir-driven wines from a small corner of Montenegro can stand shoulder to shoulder with the global elite. It is a great honor to see our local terroir and Montenegrin varieties recognized on such a grand stage, proving that the unique character of our wines belongs among the finest in the world.

Lake Skadar: UNESCO Biosphere recognitionBig news for our region! 🌿🍷We are incredibly proud to share that our breathtaki...
12/06/2026

Lake Skadar: UNESCO Biosphere recognition

Big news for our region! 🌿🍷

We are incredibly proud to share that our breathtaking neighbor, Lake Skadar, has just officially received UNESCO Biosphere Reserve recognition! This prestigious milestone honors the harmonious bond between local communities, sustainable heritage, and the unmatched biodiversity of our home.

UNESCO officially designated the Skadar Lake Watershed as a Biosphere Reserve on World Environment Day (June 5, 2026). It is a historic milestone: our first new biosphere reserve in 50 years, building on the legacy of the Tara River Basin’s 1976 inscription (under Yugoslavia).

At Jablan Winery, this deep connection to nature is exactly what drives us. Nestled in the rugged karst terrain right alongside this ecosystem, our low-intervention, biodynamic wines are a living reflection of this protected, sun-drenched landscape. When you taste our amphora-aged Vranac and Kratošija, you are tasting the raw energy of a world-class terroir.

As the world wakes up to the wild spirit of Montenegro’s natural wonders, we invite you to experience it firsthand.

Come for the wine... stay for the region! 🍇 🥂🍷

20/05/2026

A lovely video by Elena Chugreeva ():

'While traveling through Montenegro, we discovered a beautiful organic, family-run winery . The owners are incredibly kind people who inherited the estate and have been passionately growing their family business since 2020.

Their dedication to traditional winemaking is truly inspiring:

* 🌸 Rosé: Crafted from the local Kratosija grape using direct pressing (no maceration) for a fresh, crisp taste.
* 🥂 White Wine: A unique blend featuring Rkatsiteli grapes.
* 🍷 Red Wine: A rich combination of indigenous Vranac and Kratosija grapes.

Both the white and red wines undergo skin maceration and are aged in traditional clay amphorae (qvevri), followed by aging in oak barrels.

We were absolutely thrilled to walk through the vineyards, see the ancient amphorae with our own eyes, and visit their incredible 300-year-old house. 🌿

If you ever find yourself in Montenegro, you must visit this wonderful family!

📌 Tip for your visit: Be sure to call or message them in advance to book your stay. The hosts speak both English and Montenegrin.

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07/05/2026

Vineyard protection based on love, dedication, courage, dignity, truth and joy

Today, we want to open our gates and share a behind-the-scenes look at how we care for our vines, which are exposed to fungal diseases especially in downy, warm spring climate.

For us in the world of responsible viticulture, transparency is a key approach. At tastings we are asked how we manage the health of our grapes without resorting to harsh synthetic chemicals. We preventively defend our vines and in the end our harvest against fungal diseases with low key interventions.

A Natural Defense System

Instead of heavy industrial fungicides, we utilize a thoughtful, Demeter-approved approach. In this video, you are seeing us apply a preventive treatment based on a low-dose copper based agent to hold Downy mildew away. The maximum of total copper applied to 1ha (10.000m2) of vineyard per year must not exceed 3kg to meet Demeter standards. This limit translates compared to conventional fungal protection to courage.

But we don’t stop there. To minimize the amount of copper used and to boost the vine’s own immune system, we add a potent, natural ‘cocktail’:

• Equisetum arvensis (Field Horsetail) 🌿: We brew a tea from this ancient plant. It is rich in silica, which helps strengthen the outer ‘skin’ of the vine leaves, making it harder for fungi to take hold.

• Algae Extract: 🌊 Think of this as a multivitamin for the vineyard. These extracts provide essential trace elements and amino acids that reduce plant stress and improve resilience.

Why This Matters

By choosing a preventive rather than curative method, we work in harmony with the ecosystem. We aren’t just fighting fungi; we are nurturing a living environment. This dedication to biodynamic principles ensures that when you open a bottle of Jablan, you are tasting love, dedication, courage, dignity, truth and joy.

Did you know that teas could be used to protect a vineyard? Let us know in the comments!

Cheers to wine with a conscience!

30/04/2026

Golden light over the karst. ☀️🌿

There is a quiet rhythm in our Rvaši estate as the sun dips below the hills. We keep our vineyard wild and lush, letting the grass grow tall between the vines to maintain a living, breathing ecosystem. This isn’t just farming; it’s a partnership with the Montenegrin landscape.

By practicing low-intervention farming, we ensure that the raw limestone mineralogy of this land is felt in every pour of our rosé and amphora wines.

From these sun-drenched rows to your glass, the transition is seamless.

At Jablan Winery, we don’t just grow wine; we cultivate life. Pure. Wild. Unapologetically Montenegrin. 🍷

Which of our wines would you pair with this sunset?

📍 Rvaši, Montenegro · certified Demeter · low intervention from vine to bottle

Nature's Most Focused Cellar Hand.Look closely. That little red dot isn't just passing through.In our vineyards at Skada...
27/04/2026

Nature's Most Focused Cellar Hand.

Look closely. That little red dot isn't just passing through.

In our vineyards at Skadar Lake, this ladybird is part of the team. Patrolling young shoots, keeping the canopy in check. No brief. No training. Just instinct, and a vineyard system that actually works.

Here's the thing about farming without synthetic pesticides: when you stop poisoning the land, the land starts protecting itself. You don't need a shelf full of sprays when you have a living, breathing army of beneficial insects doing the work for you. The soil wakes up. The biodiversity returns. And suddenly, the vineyard doesn't feel like a production site, it feels like a place, one single self-sustaining circle. That is the essence of committing to biodynamics.

Healthy canopy. Resilient fruit. Nothing to patch in the cellar.

We trust the ladybird in the field so we don't need additives in the bottle. Just the vine, which expresses the place we genuinely love.

📍 Rvaši, Montenegro · certified Demeter · low intervention from vine to bottle

17/04/2026

This is where the magic starts. 🌀

Horn manure prep — hand-stirred, rhythm by rhythm, for a full hour. No shortcuts. Just intention, water, and the most alive soil amendment you’ve never heard of.

This is Preparation 500. Cow manure fermented over winter inside a cow horn, then dissolved and stirred into a vortex — alternating directions, building energy — before being sprayed across the vineyard at just grams per hectare.

Sound woo-woo? Maybe. But our 70-year-old vines at Skadar Lake don't lie.

Healthy soil = healthy roots = zero need to fix anything in the cellar. No fining. No filtering. No additions. Just this bowl, this stick, and this land.

That's biodynamics. That's Jablan. 🌿

📍 Rvaši, Montenegro · certified Demeter · low intervention from vine to bottle

Jablan Winery: Leading Montenegro’s Biodynamic RevolutionCan you taste the rhythm of the moon in a glass of wine? 🌙Most ...
10/04/2026

Jablan Winery: Leading Montenegro’s Biodynamic Revolution

Can you taste the rhythm of the moon in a glass of wine? 🌙

Most people see a vineyard as a production unit. Borislav and Angelika Jablan see a living, breathing organism.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3r2zyb7t

As Montenegro’s first Demeter-certified estate, Jablan Winery isn't just making wine; they are leading a biodynamic revolution in the UNESCO-protected heart of Lake Skadar. No chemicals. No shortcuts. Just vines rooted for generations and the radical belief that quality isn't 'made' in a cellar; it’s grown in the soil.

Discover how the first certified biodynamic producer in Montenegro is redefining terroir. Step inside the biodynamic revolution at Lake Skadar! 🥂🍷👇

24/03/2026

Some of our vines were here long before we were. Many of them we didn’t plant.

We inherited them — 70-year-old Vranac roots that already knew how to read the land. Our job, as we see it, is simply not to get in the way.

That’s why we farm biodynamically. We return our own compost to the soil. We brew herbal teas from the plants growing around the vineyard. We apply biodynamic preparations the same way farmers have for a hundred years. We follow the calendar — fruit days, root days, the rhythm of the moon — because we've seen what happens when you do.

No chemicals. No irrigation. No shortcuts.

Just us, the vines, and a lot of respect for what was here before us.

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Neke od naših loza bile su ovdje davno prije nas. Mnoge od njih nijesmo mi posadili.

Naslijedili smo ih — sedamdesetogodišnje korijene Vranca koji su već znali kako da ‘čitaju’ zemlju. Naš zadatak, onako kako ga mi vidimo, jeste jednostavno da im se ne miješamo u posao.

Zato se bavimo biodinamičkim uzgojem. Svoj kompost vraćamo zemlji. Pravimo biljne čajeve od bilja koje raste oko vinograda. Biodinamičke preparate primjenjujemo na isti način na koji su to radili poljoprivrednici prije stotinu godina. Pratimo kalendar — dane ploda, dane korijena, ritam mjeseca — jer smo vidjeli šta se dešava kada to radite.

Bez hemikalija. Bez navodnjavanja. Bez prečica.

Samo mi, loza i duboko poštovanje prema onome što je ovdje bilo prije nas.

18/03/2026

Žižak - Jablan Winery:

We are proud to include Žižak in the Jablan winery portfolio, a variety that captures the resilient spirit of our coastal landscape. Once treated as a blending grape or ripped out in favor of high-yield international varieties, this treasure is finally reclaiming its status. As part of a dedicated group of Montenegrin vignerons, we have rescued Žižak from obscurity, giving it the varietal respect it deserves. Clinging to our salt-lashed limestone terraces, these low-yielding, wind-resilient vines produce thick-skinned berries that trade volume for a high-acid, and superb minerality.

Drinking a glass feels less like ‘tasting’ and more like a walk through a coastal garden. While the wine whispers notes of green apple, quince, and mountain thyme, the experience is defined by wild honeysuckle and dried chamomile transitioning into juicy peaches. Because these vines grow so close to the Adriatic, a distinct ‘sea spray’ finish keeps the fruit from being too sweet. It’s an easy-going white built for sunny afternoons, offering a refreshing kick that mimics the fragrant zest of a tangerine rather than a sharp lemon.

Žižak is a rare wine that trades generic ‘fish wine’ rules for a haunting dance of sea salt and wild herbs. Pale gold in the glass with a chalky finish, it holds its own against grilled octopus, fava bean puree, or the bold tang of young goat cheese. With three to five years of cellaring, this wine sheds its youth to reveal the lush, honeyed texture and ethereal character that define its signature style.

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Ponosni smo što ponudu vinarije Jablan obogaćujemo našom starom sortom, jer Žižak vjerno oslikava duh našeg crnogorskog pejzaža. Nekada tretiran isključivo kao grožđe za kupaže ili krčen u korist visokoprinosnih internacionalnih sorti, ovaj dragulj konačno vraća svoj status. Kao dio posvećene grupe crnogorskih vinara, izvukli su smo Žižak iz zaborava, dajući mu sortno poštovanje koje zaslužuje. Priljubljena uz naše krečnjačke terase šibane solju, ova niskoprinosna loza otporna na vjetar rađa bobice debele pokožice, koje umjesto kvantiteta n**e visoke kiseline i izuzetnu mineralnost.

Uživanje u ovom vinu nije klasična degustacija, to je u stvari šetnja kroz primorski vrt. Dok vino šapuće note zelene jabuke, dunje i majčine dušice, doživljaj definišu mirisi divljeg bilja i sušene kamilice koji prelaze u ukus sočne breskve. Pošto ova sorta raste uz Jadransko more, prepoznatljivi završetak koji podsjeća na morsku pjenu ne dozvoljava voćnim notama da postanu preslatke. To je pitko bijelo vino stvoreno za sunčana popodneva, sa osvježavajućim karakterom koji više podsjeća na mirisnu koricu mandarine nego na oštri limun.

Žižak je rijetko vino koje odbacuje generička pravila o ‘vinima uz ribu' u zamjenu za upečatljiv ples morske soli i divljeg bilja. Blijedo-zlatne boje u čaši sa kredastim završetkom, Žižak parira grilovanoj hobotnici, pireu od boba ili snažnom ukusu mladog kozjeg sira. Nagrada za strpljenje dolazi kroz vrijeme. Poslije tri do pet godina, ovo vino razvija svoju raskošnu, mednu teksturu i eteričnu stranu po kojoj je prepoznatljivo.

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