50% Gruner Veltliner, 50% Sauvignon Blanc, fermented with wild hops

All of the grapes are estate-grown in their village of Zemianske Sady. Their 17 hectares of vines are a small part of their 350ha farm, where they tend livestock and also grow poppies, barley, wheat, rapeseed, and more. 2017 was a very strong vintage. They avoided the frosts and rains that plagued the 2016 vintage in their region. Ideal ripening conditions, good yields, less treatments needed and very healthy grapes with good concentration.

The grapes were destemmed and fermented on the skins for 7 days.
After pressing the wine was returned to vats and finished fermentation with the addition of wild hops that had been picked from their own forest. The hops were then removed and the wine was aged in steel tanks for only a couple of months before bottling. Unfined, unfiltered, tiny sulphite addition.

HOPERA

Region: Trnava

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc, Gruner Veltliner

Vineyard Size: 17 hectares

Soil: loess, calcium

Average Age of Vines: 10-35 years

Farming: biodynamic

Harvest: by hand

Winemaking: Hops macerated, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts

Aging: in stainless steel

Fining: none

Filtration: none

Added S02: low