MARVLA TINDO

OWNER/WINEMAKER:
Vlado Kuny, Martin Danielic.
REGION: Sitno Volcano.Marvla TINDO is a decision of two different people who have a common goal, vision and dream - WINE. Our small winery with a production of 8,000 to 10,000 liters per year was established in 2009 and focuses on the production of wines with a terroir imprint and the character acquired in the vineyard.
“The less we do, the more we find out who we really are. We let nature and time speak, because we think that witnessing a process is more than being its supposed director.
We often encounter the fact that the winery will start to prosper, increase production and the quality will decrease. By being a micro-winemaker, we can deal with wines systematically. We can use natural methods, only physical interventions, we don't need to go to the security offered by today's advanced science, and we create a parental relationship with every wine.
Every year is climatically unique, which offers a raw material with a unique composition, which determines the chosen technological process.” - MarTIN Danielič and VlaDO Kuny
Behind the Marvla TINDO winery are marTIN and vlaDO, two friends who decided not only to debate and taste wine, but also to make their own. They designed and dug a new cellar on the outskirts of the district town of Levice, in the wine-growing part, where Levice vineyards and hajloky have been since time immemorial, at the foot of the Sitno volcano. Each year, they discover new possibilities for vineyards planted on the volcanic bedrock.
"LET NATURE AND TIME SPEAK, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT WITNESSING THE PROCESS IS MORE THAN BEING ITS SUPPOSED DIRECTOR," AGREE MARTIN DANIELIC AND VLADO KUNY.
They watch why vineyards are planted somewhere and somewhere, why our ancestors planted varieties such as planted, which are the original varieties, how to minimize interference in the cellar, but also how wooden barrels work and what effect the vintage has on wine. The wines in the Marvla Tindo winery ferment on natural yeasts, allowing the grapes to show their terroir. Subsequently, they lie and mature on fine lees in Slovak barriques, without filtration and any other interventions from the outside. Thanks to the wine, they suddenly look with new eyes at the landscape below the Sitno volcano. Suddenly, wine is not a goal, but a way to get to know the world around you.


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PESECKÁ LEÁNKA 2022
DRY WHITE WINE
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovak Republic, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
VINEYARD: Levice - Strážny vrch - Albína
GRAPE(S): Pesecká Leánka
FARMING: Ecological
Soil: Volcanic
Altitude: 280 - 350 meters
Fermentation: Spontaneous Fermentation, brief skin contact
Aging: Stainless steel and used barrels
Fining and Filtration:none
Total So2:none added
Alcohol: 12%
Bottles produced: 2,500
Pesecka Leánka is an old Carpathian variety perfectly acclimated to the blazing summers and ice winters of the Tekovský region. Despite the hardiness of the vine the fruit of Leanka, AKA the “royal maiden”, is delicate with a nuanced and sophisticated perfume. It is a variety Martin and Vlado adore and dote on. Theirs, like most of their wines, is quite serious. Not without the fluttery whimsy of Pesecka but also contemplative, structured and flinty. It is a wine we find ourselves opening when we need something with gastronomic flair but suited for the day time. Light rustic cheeses, chlorophyll rich greens, and fowl from chickens to geese.


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Sedimental NV
DRY WHITE SPARKLING WINE
VINTAGE: 2020/2021
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovakia, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
VINEYARD: Žemberovce - Near the cross
GRAPE(S): Rizling Vlašský (Welschriesling), 2 vintages from the same vineyard
TYPE OF FARMING: Ecological
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous Fermentation, brief skin contact.
AGING: 2020 was aged 1 year in used barrique. The 2020 harvest was added to the 2021 and allowed to ferment until it was bottled to achieve a Champagne like carbonation.
FINING AND FILTRATION: None
BOTTLED: October 2021
ALCOHOL: 12%
TOTAL PRODUCTION: 5,000 bottles
VINTAGE: 2020/2021
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovakia, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
VINEYARD: Žemberovce - Near the cross
GRAPE(S): Rizling Vlašský (Welschriesling), 2 vintages from the same vineyard
TYPE OF FARMING: Ecological
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous Fermentation, brief skin contact.
AGING: 2020 was aged 1 year in used barrique. The 2020 harvest was added to the 2021 and allowed to ferment until it was bottled to achieve a Champagne like carbonation.
FINING AND FILTRATION: None
BOTTLED: October 2021
ALCOHOL: 12%
TOTAL PRODUCTION: 5,000 bottles
SEDIMENTAL is perhaps the greatest seafood wine ever made in a landlocked country. It is an inventive multi vintage cuvee made up of approximately 50/50 2020/2021 Rizling Vlašský (Welchrieling). The 20’ was fermented dry in large used oak barrels. After harvesting the fruit from 2021, the two vintages were combined in stainless steel and allowed to ferment almost to dryness. The wine was then bottled unfiltered with the fine lees to finish fermentation under pressure. The combination of volcanic soil, the neutrality of the grape variety and the unconventional vinification result in an original wine that exemplifies the subtlety of the grape.While it is possible to separate the wine from the sediment either by decanting or manually disgorging it, we recommend shaking the bottle before chilling it well so the yeast is incorporated. The finely integrated bubbles move slowly up the glass. The wine has an oiliness, but drinks quite light. The aromas are beguiling and ever changing. Ranging from pear, to hay to anise or tarragon. A sophisticated aperitif to serve alongside chilled shellfish.


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Proza 2021
DRY WHITE WINE
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovak Republic, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
GRAPES(S): Ryzlink vlašský (Welschriesling) 40%, Riesling 30%, Pesecka Leánka 20%, Tramín (Gewürztraminer) 10%
TYPE OF FARMING: Ecological
SOIL: volcanic tuff, other vulcan.
ALTITUDE: 280 - 350 meters
FERMENTATION: direct press, stainless steel, a tiny touch of štivinica oak (Tramín).
AGING: Stainless steel and used barrels
FINING AND FILTRATION: none
ALCOHOL: 12%
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2500.
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovak Republic, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
GRAPES(S): Ryzlink vlašský (Welschriesling) 40%, Riesling 30%, Pesecka Leánka 20%, Tramín (Gewürztraminer) 10%
TYPE OF FARMING: Ecological
SOIL: volcanic tuff, other vulcan.
ALTITUDE: 280 - 350 meters
FERMENTATION: direct press, stainless steel, a tiny touch of štivinica oak (Tramín).
AGING: Stainless steel and used barrels
FINING AND FILTRATION: none
ALCOHOL: 12%
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2500.
This is the bottle of Marvla Tindo we find ourselves opening the most often. It makes a lovely house white. To have only a bottle on hand is not enough. The motivation behind its production is clearly that of function. It is a blend of Welschriesling, Rhine Riesling, and Leánka macerated together for a few hours, pressed and spontaneously fermented in a stainless steel tank. then aged sur lie. Tramín of the previous vintage aged in Štiavnica oak is added to the fermenting rieslings near the end of fermentation to homogenize. In the finish it is a wine to open often and repeatedly. Juicy and thoughtful with aromas and flavors tree blossom and white fleshed fruit, some vintages have a bit of fizz others are quiet but there remains a certain vivacity. Martin makes the wine making choices for Proza, It's sibling Poezia a red, the choices are Vlado's both think the other makes the better choices in typical vintages.


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Identikit 2019
DRY WHITE WINE
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovak Republic, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, Levice
WINE MAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič.
GRAPE(S): Pinot Gris.
SOIL: volcanic tuff.
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous, 1 day with skins
AGING: 1 year in new local štiavnica oak.
BOTTLED: May, 2021.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2000.
After a brief maceration the wine is pressed and fermented in locally oak for 1 year, without filtration or So2. Viscous and deep yellow in color. Rich in aroma, honey, yellow fruits, hazelnuts and smoke. Full but juicy with a nice slightly spicy edge, a strong mineral undertone, and pleasant acidity. It can be combined with fatty fish dishes, lightly aged cheeses and light appetizers.


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2020 FRANKOVKA MODRÁ
DRY RED WINE
VINTAGE: 2020
WINEMAKERS: Vlado Kuny and Martin Danelič
REGION: Slovak Republic, Nitra, Tekovský, SITNO, village Čajkov
VINEYARD: Brhlovce - Upper vineyards
ALTITUDE: 280 - 350 meters
GRAPE(S): 100% Frankovka Modrá (Blaufränkisch)
SOIL: Andesite and Volcanic tuff
FARMING: Ecological
FERMENTATION: Spontaneous
MACERATION: 4 weeks destemmed berries
AGING: 1 year in used Štiavnica Slovakian barrique
FINING AND FILTRATION: none
ALCOHOL: 14%
BOTTLED: MAY, 2022
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2100
Frankovka Modrá AKA Blaufränkisch is a most important red variety. It is common throughout Panonia (Hungary, Austria, Czech and of course Slovakia). It likely originated in South East Slovenia where it can still be found, most typically as a blending variety. It is a mirror of a grape variety, transmuting the land and weather into the finished wine. That from interesting soil, especially volcanic, produces the most dramatic wines. It is the key red variety in the production of Marvla Tindo’s red wines. Our favorite of them is the unblended version.
A handful of bottles of an early vintage made their way to a preeminent wine competition in Vienna and opened the eyes of Martin and Vlado and many doors. It was an underdog and a champion, and remains that. An exemplary rendition of the grape sort. Full of violets and grapefruits, camphor and coffee, spicy, woodsy, long and scintillating with agile tannins and Habsburgian charm.
A handful of bottles of an early vintage made their way to a preeminent wine competition in Vienna and opened the eyes of Martin and Vlado and many doors. It was an underdog and a champion, and remains that. An exemplary rendition of the grape sort. Full of violets and grapefruits, camphor and coffee, spicy, woodsy, long and scintillating with agile tannins and Habsburgian charm.
