Portrait of Mladen Rožanić
i. Biography
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At Roxanich, Mladen Rožanić has built a cellar practice around waiting for wine to take shape on its own timetable. As founder and winemaker, he has made time part of the method: letting character deepen, texture settle, and the wine arrive without being forced toward early polish.
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Where They Are Now
In Motovun, Istria, Croatia, Roxanich works as a house of rare, long-aged, premium, natural wines. Under Rožanić’s direction as founder and winemaker, the cellar is defined by restraint and extended ageing, with wines held back long enough to gather nuance and layered complexity before release. That approach is built into the house’s identity. Rožanić’s role at Roxanich is to hold that line, making the decisions that keep the wines from being rushed.
The result is a style that reads through accumulation: years in the cellar, repetition of care, and confidence in process. At Roxanich, time functions as an ingredient, not just a condition.
In Their Words “Because wines need time to find each other.” “Patience is a fantastic cellar technique.”
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What is Mladen Rožanić's current role?
Mladen Rožanić is Founder and Winemaker.
What is Mladen Rožanić known for?
Rare, long-aged, premium, natural wines.
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