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Boris· Lo Kyiv
Strekov 1075
Richard
2022
4.0
Region
Slovakia › Južnoslovenská vinohradnícka oblasť › Víno bez zemepisného označenia
Type
white · still
Grapes
Chardonnay
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(1)
4.0
Chardonnay, and very young still. There's that taut tension reminiscent of Jura, plus decent minerality. More structured than the White Lite, with better volume. Needs time, but the bones are good.
About
100% Chardonnay from 2.5 ha across Vajka and Žitavou villages, Nitra district. Planted 2018, single guyot at 4,800 vines/ha. Clay-loam on calcareous loess, east-south-west exposure. Fully hand-worked, no synthetics, herbicides, or pesticides.
Hand-harvested, direct pressed, fermented with native yeasts in new 500 - 1,000L oak barrels and a 600L plastic egg. Aged 10 months in the same vessels. Gravity bottled July 2023, unfined, unfiltered, zero SO₂.
