CZECHIA
DVA DUBY
PETR KORÁB
JAROSLAV OSIČKA
PETRA BREDOVA
PUBERŤÁK
TŘI ČTVRTĚ
GEORGIA
AMIRAN VEPKHVADZE
CHITO'S GVINO
GOTSA FAMILY WINERY
JAKELI
GIA JAMBERIDZE
ORI MARANI
PAPARI VALLEY
GAIOZ SOPROMADZE
SLOVAKIA
PIVNICA ČAJKOV
DAVID KUŠICKÝ
MARVLA TINDO
UNITED CELLARS
OF TEKOV
SLOVENIA
KABAJ
KORENIKA & MOŠKON
ŠTEMBERGER
ZARO
COLLABORATIONS
BRDA BELO
CONSCIOUS EXIT
EAZY ORANŽNA
EAZY REFOŠK
GRAPE ALE
SHAVI K’RAVI
THE RIDERS
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VINTAGE: 2009
REGION: Slovenia, Goriška Brda, Šlovrenc.
VINEYARD(S): Velika Brajda, Dobrovo.
ALTITUDE: 400m - 800m
SOIL COMPOSITION: Marl, Flysh, Argile, Clay.
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Converging Mediterranean and Alpine climate.
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Low/no till, ecological treatments, manure.
COMPOSITION: Rebula, Malvazija, Zeleni Sauvignon, Beli Pinot, Sauvignon Blanc
HARVEST: Late September/October.
MACERATION: destemmed 6 months co-maceration in qvevri
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous fermentation in Kvevri.
AGING: 6 months in qvevri with skins, 13 years sous-voile in partially filled used French barrique
FINING & FILTRATION METHODS: None.
DATE OF BOTTLING: August, 2023.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4,000.
REGION: Slovenia, Goriška Brda, Šlovrenc.
VINEYARD(S): Velika Brajda, Dobrovo.
ALTITUDE: 400m - 800m
SOIL COMPOSITION: Marl, Flysh, Argile, Clay.
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Converging Mediterranean and Alpine climate.
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Low/no till, ecological treatments, manure.
COMPOSITION: Rebula, Malvazija, Zeleni Sauvignon, Beli Pinot, Sauvignon Blanc
HARVEST: Late September/October.
MACERATION: destemmed 6 months co-maceration in qvevri
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous fermentation in Kvevri.
AGING: 6 months in qvevri with skins, 13 years sous-voile in partially filled used French barrique
FINING & FILTRATION METHODS: None.
DATE OF BOTTLING: August, 2023.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4,000.
KONDE, a bronzed, brilliant, provocative wine more than a decade in the making. KONDE is a blend of 2009 Rebula and other mixed white varieties that were co-macerated with the skins in qvevri for 6 months, and then aged sous voile, in partially filled barrique for 13 years. It is a deep study into the transformative potential that deliberate oxidation allows. Evocative of Slovenia while winking to Georgia and the Jura. Old in sensibility, but intricate, understated, suave and resonant. A haunting emotional aesthetic.
