More than 30-year old wines root in our warmest, south-facing vineyard location in Bodonci, where the terroir is characterised by large amounts of flint gravel.
CHARDONNAY
TASTING NOTES
A whirling kaleidoscope on the nose: sandalwood, saffron, paprika, vanilla pod, sumac, apricots. Creaminess and apricots on the palate, beautifully integrated, zippy acidity. The finish, at the moment, is oak-stamped, but give it a couple of years and it will be all fruit and silk. Sensuous but serious. Pears and cedar with a wonderful sandy connected-to-the-earth-ness on the very end.
Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com
VINIFICATION
Spontaneous fermentation with wild yeast only, one day of skin contact. Aged on fine lees for 18 months in 500l French Haute Futaie oak barrels. 30 percent new oak. Unfiltered and unfined.
| TERROIR | Bodonci, Goričko, Slovenia |
| SOIL | flint gravel, silica sand, sandy clay |
| ELEVATION | 320m-350m |
| VARIETY | Chardonnay |
| VINE AGE | 29 years at the time of harvest |
| FARMING | organic |
| YIELD | 20hl/ha |
| BOTTLING | December 2019, no filtration |
| ANALYSIS | alcohol 13,5%vol., acidity 5,4g/l, sugar 2,0g/l |
