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2003 Chardonnay

CHARDONNAY Spätlese 2003

This wine has a golden yellow colour with a greenish tint. The aroma is surprising, with a character typical of the varietal. Once it touches the palate, the flavours of mature grapes and dried fruits appear. Vibrant acidity gives this wine its youth and drinkability. The wine is in a robust condition and will remain stable for quite some time.

Colour: A golden yellow colour with a greenish tint.
Aroma: An intense, varietal aroma of tropical fruits, melon, pear, peach and mature grapes.
Flavour: A full, oily taste of dried fruit (figs and apricots in particular) and grapefruit, with residual sugar. It has a mature and lively acid and floral notes in the aftertaste.
Life expectancy: 10 - 15 years € 36,95
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 21/55
Product code	90ZHB02A2003
Bottle volume	0.75
Type of bottle	Europea
Type of cork	ST. 4
Alcohol (% vol)	11.28
Residual sugar g/L	56.7
Total acidity g/L	5.40
pH	3.62
SO2 free/total (mg/L)	32/236