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ASAP RIESLING



DRY WHITE WINE
GROWER:
Stano Kinči, Rybník

WINE MAKER: Marek Uhnák

VINTAGE: 2022

LOCATION: Nitra, Tekovsky, Village Čajkov

VINEYARD: Vineyard Stará Hora, 2 ha Rhyolite and tuff

ASPECT: South East

ALTITUDE: 200M

SOIL COMPOSITION: Red rhyolite (crystallized magma), tuff and erosion-born topsoil

PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC:  Continental climate - hot days, cold nights

FARMING: Organic, awaiting certification

GRAPE COMPOSITION: Riesling / Noria

HARVEST: Manual harvest in 20kg crates

MACERATION: Destemmed and crushed, 3 days of skin-maceration.

FERMENTATION: Stainless steel, spontaneous fermentation, racked and rested on fine lees for 7 months with several batonnage.

BOTTLED: MAY, 2023

FINING & FILTRATION: none

BOTTLES PRODUCED: 3,000

ALCOHOL: 12.5%


FROM MAREK UHNÁK…


Skin-contact white Like a magic botanical garden with something to marvel at at each turn, from the fresh scent of bergamots to a quince tree orchard, surrounded by generous honey bees who can‘t seem to decide between a freaky tiger orchid and rosemary shrub full of wise, opium smoking lizards. Table herbs, yellow fruit and smoke. Enticingly aromatic skin-contact white with lovely acidity and salty finish. Almost too easy to drink. Herb-crusted chicken. White fish with beurre blanc. Ceviche. Asian cuisine with mild to moderately spicy profile. Lightly smoked cheese. Hell, this wine works with everything! Label art: Klára Zápotocká, Deset Deka Design, Prague