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Aura Proizvodi d.o.o. (Distillery Aura)
Category: Distillery
Country: Croatia
Date:02/06/2021
The company “Aura proizvodi” produces exclusive traditional products such as brandies, jams and other traditional products made of wild herbs and wild fruits picked in an ecologically clean environment on the slopes of the Ćićarija mountain far from roads and inhabited settlements. Starting from production for our own needs, we have developed into a family company putting emphasis primarily on the quality of our products.
Our main goal is that our products have the same quality like the ones of our grandmothers, who had made products at home without any preservatives or artificial ingredients. Our production includes interesting delicacies like jams made of dandelion, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, fig, plum, cornel and brandies which are aging for three years, half a year in maceration, then settling and being distilled for the next two and a half year up to six times in order to naturally get rid of the sediment. The basis of all brandies is homemade pomace, pear or apple brandy. Beside the traditional Biska, Medenica and Teranino, we produce brandies made of sage, cornel, carob, olives and almond, wild pear, wild apple, rose petals, rose hip, forest fruit, peppermint, plum, dried fig, Wild plants, Honey and Mistletoe brandy, bitter liqueur based on wormwood, brandy Bianca and Moscato.
Biska extra is produced from white mistletoe picked exclusively from the apple tree and we are the only company that is producing it on the market. Then there is also the Millefrutti barrique brandy- a distillate of semi-annually macerated wild fruits, distilled twice and aging for three years in barrique barrels.
A special place in our production belongs to Gin Karbun made of wheat distillate, juniper berries and 20 spices. Gin Karbun passes filtration through activated carbon and offers it as an important component in serving. It is inspired with the force of the last carbunari (coal producers) from Ćićarija, an area where exclusively natural ingredients crucial for the creation of Gin Karbun grow.
The “AurA” products have been recognized on the market as a top brand into which a lot of work and an immense amount of love was invested for each of the products; therefore, our slogan corroborates all of the above: “PICKED BY HAND, PREPARED WITH LOVE.”
We have gold and silver medal for the quality of our products worldwide. Teranino medals won: FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL TROPHY 2021 - GOLD, LONDON SPIRITS COMPETITION 2020 - GOLD, THE BUSINESS SPIRITS 2020 - MASTER MEDAL Karbun medals won: WORLD SPIRITS AWARD 2021 - GOLD, LONDON SPIRITS COMPETITION 2020 - SILVER Our products can be found in better wine shops across Croatia, in delicacy stores, renowned hotels, top restaurants and airports. We also have our own shops in the Istrian Hum, the smallest town in the world, Buzet, the town of truffles where we have the distillery and where the production takes place and in Novigrad, Grožnjanu-the city of artists, Poreč, Motovun and Rovinj. Apart from Istria we have store in Vrbnik on the island of Krk and in beautiful Croatin sea towns Rijeka and Split. The “AurA” products have been recognized on the market as a top brand into which a lot of work and an immense amount of love was invested for each of the products; therefore, our slogan corroborates all of the above: “PICKED BY HAND, PREPARED WITH LOVE.” TERANINO Traditional Istrian aromatic liqueur produced on the base of fruit distillate, Teran wine and ten spices. ‘It is adorned by a deep ruby red colour, is bright and partially dense, while the scent is pleasant and seductive. The scent is dominated by a note of a ripe sour cherry, milk chocolate and cinnamon. It tastes sweet, fine and layered, while the aftertaste carries a note of marmalade and sour cherry. ‘ Teranino medals won: LONDON SPIRITS COMPETITION 2020 - GOLD THE BUSINESS SPIRITS 2020 - MASTER MEDAL FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL TROPHY 2021 - GOLD GIN KARBUN Active coal removes toxins from your body. Therefore, Gin Karbun passes active coal filtration during distillation offering it as a major component in consumption. It is inspired by the strength of the last karbunari from Ćićarija, an area where only natural ingredients crucial for Gin Karbun grow. Karbun medals won: LONDON SPIRITS COMPETITION 2020 - SILVER WORLD SPIRITS AWARD 2021 - GOLD.