UNITED CELLARS OF TEKOV
KIND OF GLOU
DRY RED WINE
GROWER: Stano Kinči
WINE MAKER: Marek Uhnák
VINTAGE: 2022
LOCATION: Nitra, Tekovsky, SITNO, Village Čajkov
VINEYARD: Vineyard Stará Hora, 3 ha Organic (awaiting certification)
ASPECT: South East
ALTITUDE: 250m
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: Neronet 90%, Gewurztraminer 10%
HARVEST: Mid September, manual harvest in 20kg crates
MACERATION: Neronet: destemmed and crushed, 5 days of skin-maceration. Traminer (10%), 3 days of skin maceration
FERMENTATION: Stainless steel, spontaneous fermentation, gentle press,
AGING: Stainless steel, full malolactic fermentation (Traminer did not undergo malolactic). Both on lees until January, blended in March.
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: June 2023
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 3,000
ALCOHOL: ??%
FROM MAREK UHNÁK….
“No chords ... gives you a lot more freedom and space to hear things. When you go this way, you can go on forever.” (Miles Davis in The Jazz Review, 1958)
Juicy table red with heaps of red and dark garden berries and smooth tannins. The small part of Traminer brings a pleasant roundness, spicy and flowery final touch and aromatic lift. Cold cuts, terrines and patés. Rosemary and green pepper beef tagliata. Pasta with ragú bolognese. Roasted / caramelized duck breast. Notes Label art Klára Zápotocká, Dese
Neronet a red grape variety, is a cross between St. Laurent x Blauer Portugieser x Alibernet and was developed in 1965 in Lednice, Czech Republic. It is winter frost and botrytis resistant, and produces dark-colored, tannin-rich red wines with aromas of sour cherries and cassis. It is cultivated in Germany, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.