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Jerković Winery
The Jerković Winery began its story in 1998 as a small family estate. What started as a continuation of the family’s bond with the vineyard and with wine grew in time into a serious wine story, one that today positions Kujundžuša and Trnjak ever more firmly as the varieties carrying the winery’s identity.
The winery is run today by Mate Jerković together with his brother Tomislav Jerković — the second generation, who set out to raise the family tradition to a new level without giving up its foundations. Their approach combines respect for the land and for the experience of earlier generations with a modern understanding of viticulture, production and the market.
Two varieties, one family story
The Jerković Winery bases its philosophy on just two varieties — Kujundžuša and Trnjak.
Kujundžuša is the heart of this story. An indigenous white variety of the Imotski wine region, delicate and distinctive, it receives particular attention at the Jerković Winery. Mate and Tomislav firmly believe that Imotski Kujundžuša can belong among the very finest white wines in the world, and it is that belief which drives their work and their plans for the future.
The winery’s second pillar is Trnjak, a powerful indigenous red variety to which the Jerković family gives a character of its own. Their Trnjak carries the name Mračaj, after the mountain site in the Imotski wine region — a place that further underlines the wine’s bond with its origin and its landscape.
From an old stone house to a new future in wine
The roots of the family story reach deeper than the founding of the winery itself. The tradition was kept in old stone houses dating from 1936, where people once lived, worked and created — and today it continues in a modern winery. It is precisely this meeting of stone, land, vineyard and family history that forms the foundation on which the new generation of the Jerković Winery is building.
The aim is not merely to continue what was started, but to create a winery with enough strength and quality to carry the story of Imotski wine far beyond the borders of the region.
20 hectares of the future
Today the Jerković Winery tends around 5,000 Kujundžuša vines, while the long-term goal is to increase production significantly and reach a capacity of approximately 150,000 bottles a year.
Wine that knows where it came from
The new winery is an important step in the development of the Jerković Winery. The new space has made better production conditions, greater capacity and a wider range of wines possible — yet the founding idea remains the same, because a new winery does not mean a new story.
