Pivnica Cajkov "Vulcanica #6"

Grapes: 85% Pesecká Leánka + 15% Pinot Gris

Region: Nitra, Slovakia

Vintage: NV

Viticulture: Organic

Soils: Red rhyolite (crystallized magma), tuff and erosion-born topsoil

Vinification: grapes are harvested at various times in September for complexity and freshness. Free run juice, briefly macerated (3 days) Pesecká Leánka. Pinot Gris on skins to 5% abv then racked to barrel. Components are fermented separately.

Aging: Pesecká Leánka is a blend of 1 and 2 year old wines, Pinot Gris is aged 2 years.

Fining or Filtering: None / Disgorged

Dosage: 0

Vulcanica is a clever, near perfect sparkling wine. A kaleidoscopic sparkling melange of local Pesecká Leánka, and Pinot Gris that Marek endlessly tinkers with. As the multi vintage components would indicate it expresses youth alongside maturity. In terms of acidity and alcohol, Leánka is well suited to sparkling wine, but when it is fresh it is overtly perfumy. Given time in the barrel much of the aroma dissipates. The addition of pinot gris lends structure and body. The long elevage rounds the wines and results in fine bubbles. It is a wine without direct parallel, and the signature of the cellar.