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PIVNICA ČAJKOV
VULCANICA #6
SPARKLING DRY COL FONDO ROSE
WINE MAKER: Marek Uhnák
VINTAGE: NV
LOCATION: Nitra, Tekovský, Sitno Volcano
VINEYARD: southern part of Stará Hora (Leánka) / Sádovie (Frankovka), both in Čajkov
ASPECT: South
ALTITUDE: 200m-240m
PLANTED: 2009 / 1992
SOIL COMPOSITION: Red rhyolite (crystallized magma), tuff and erosion-born topsoil
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING: Organic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: 85% Pesecká Leánka, 15% Pinot Gris
HARVEST: grapes are harvested at various times in September for complexity and freshness.
MACERATION: free run juice, briefly macerated (3 days) Pesecká Leánka. Pinot Gris on skins to 5% abv then racked to barrel
FERMENTATION: Components are fermented separately.
AGING: Pesecká Leánka is a blend of 1 and 2 year old wines, Pinot Gris is aged 2 years.
FINING & FILTRATION: Unfined, unfiltered, disgorged, zero dosage.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4000.
WINE MAKER: Marek Uhnák
VINTAGE: NV
LOCATION: Nitra, Tekovský, Sitno Volcano
VINEYARD: southern part of Stará Hora (Leánka) / Sádovie (Frankovka), both in Čajkov
ASPECT: South
ALTITUDE: 200m-240m
PLANTED: 2009 / 1992
SOIL COMPOSITION: Red rhyolite (crystallized magma), tuff and erosion-born topsoil
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING: Organic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: 85% Pesecká Leánka, 15% Pinot Gris
HARVEST: grapes are harvested at various times in September for complexity and freshness.
MACERATION: free run juice, briefly macerated (3 days) Pesecká Leánka. Pinot Gris on skins to 5% abv then racked to barrel
FERMENTATION: Components are fermented separately.
AGING: Pesecká Leánka is a blend of 1 and 2 year old wines, Pinot Gris is aged 2 years.
FINING & FILTRATION: Unfined, unfiltered, disgorged, zero dosage.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4000.
Vulcanica is a clever, near perfect sparkling wine. A kaleidoscopic sparkling melange of local Pesecká Leánka, and Pinot Gris that Marek endlessly tinkers with. As the multi vintage components would indicate it expresses youth alongside maturity. In terms of acidity and alcohol, Leánka is well suited to sparkling wine, but when it is fresh it is overtly perfumy. Given time in the barrel much of the aroma dissipates. The addition of pinot gris lends structure and body. The long elevage rounds the wines and results in fine bubbles. It is a wine without direct parallel, and the signature of the cellar.
