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2003 Chardonnay

CHARDONNAY 2003

This wine has a golden yellow colour with a greenish tint. The bouquet still appears quite fresh and fruity, with the scent characteristic of wine matured in wooden barrels. On the palate are intense notes of melon and peach, accompanied by an aroma of wood. Although the vintage of the wine is 2003, it is still youthful and bold. Aromas of wood intensify on the palate, along with acidity. This acidity means the wine will continue to age well.

Colour: Golden yellow colour with a greenish tint.
Aroma: Quite fresh, medium expressed aromas of melon, apple, peach; the character of maturing wood, slightly smoky.
Flavour: A full, dry and oily taste, with a high level of dry extract and the scent of maturing in wood. It has a slightly burning sensation on the palate as well as a mature and lively acid.
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years € 32,95
Price ex. taxes

What happened in 2003?

2003 brought a particularly dry autumn, which resulted in a huge late harvest; so much so, that the cellar didn’t have the capacity to store it all! As a result, we decided to store the wine in other cellars throughout Slovenia. Each of those cellars has left a number of grape varieties of this particular vintage to age in their archive. 1993 has indeed given us several good wines, one of them the ’93 Chardonnay late harvest.

Who were the winemakers in 2003?

Cvetka Sakelšek

The eastern part of Slovenia, the Podravje region, is famous for its excellent white wines. Within this region, the wine cellar in Ormož and the one in Ljutomer have always been the two most successful in producing quality white wines. To further improve the quality, the two cellars were united in 2009.

For a number of years, Cvetka was the winemaker in the wine cellar at Ljutomer and Ormož. She is a supreme wine taster with an excellent knowledge of the winemaking processes. Even today, she is still consulted for her expertise in the field.

Danilo Šnajder

Prior to joining the company, Danilo had spent time in France, acknowledged as the leading wine producing country, where he gained first-hand experience in winemaking. Focusing in the field of refining, he learned to how improve the taste and the maturing of the wine. As a young man when he joined the company, he was open to new processes, experiments and fresh ideas. Danilo is, for instance, responsible for the introduction of the exclusive Holermous brand and the Muscat Sparkling wines.

Specifications

Location celler	box 101/103
Product code	90ZHA03A2003
Bottle volume	0.75
Type of bottle	Europea
Type of cork	ST 4
Alcohol (% vol)	13.10
Residual sugar g/L	6.2
Total acidity g/L	5.02
pH	3.50
SO2 free/total (mg/L)	19 /92