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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PIVNICA ČAJKOV
Empress 2017
DRY RED WINE
WINE MAKER: Marek Uhnák
VINTAGE: 2017
LOCATION: Nitra, Tekovsky, SITNO Village Čajkov
VINEYARD: Stará Hora (northern part)
ASPECT: South
ALTITUDE: 300m
SOIL COMPOSITION: Red rhyolite - crystallized magma, hard and erosion-resistant
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING: Organic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Frankovka Modra (Blaufränkisch)
HARVEST: by hand into small crates, 2nd half of October
MACERATION: 1 month, partial dried berries and whole cluster
FERMENTATION/AGING: fine lees for 36 months
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2,000.
Marek’s perspective on Frankovka is Burgundian rather than Bordelais. He sees the variety as a red of regal elegance. Poise over power. The mature vines face south and require an entire Summer and part of Fall to fully ripen their fruit. The dynamic volcanic soils influence them in a way where the character of the fruit varies from plant to plant. This dynamism is brought to the cellar and preserved through the delicate and long elevage the wine undergoes. It is a quintessential expression of the variety. A red to sit with and think or to pair with some fresh wild fowl.
