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TINDO
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.
