Strekov 1075 Richard 2022
4.0
- Region
- Slovakia » Víno bez zemepisného označenia
- Type
- white still, dry
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2022
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
- Alcohol
- 12
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
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.
Ratings
4.0
·@Lo BarChardonnay, 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.
