Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the two international varieties planted by my father. It is characterised by the ageing process which takes place in 500-litre French oak barrels.
This is our French wine. If we have to have an international wine, it might as well be truly international.
Berlin Wine Trophy 2017 – Chardonnay 2015
Asia Wine Trophy – zlata medalja – Chardonnay 2015
| Variety: | chardonnay |
| Viticultural Area: | Vipavska dolina |
| Position: | Golenbreg |
| Altitude: | 230m |
| Soil composition: | marl, sandstone |
| Exposure: | easterly |
| Age of vineyard: | 10 years |
| Harvest: | by hand |
| Vinification: | spontaneous fermentation, no yeast added, half is pressed after short maceration, the other half after macerating for 2-4 days |
| Sulphur: | no sulphur added until bottling |
| Ageing in bottle: | 12 months in 1000-, 500- in 225-litre French oak barrels |
| Serving temperature: | 11-15°C |
| Food pairings: | mushrooms, clams, truffles, lamb, poultry |
FEDORA’S STORIES
We enjoy wine. It makes us ponder, take pleasure, remember. We tell stories of Fedora and of the history of our family and our home. Are they true, altered, or fake? We let you be the judge. Every wine has its own story.
The Groom
A young man full of high hopes went to Trieste, where he sold his first barrels of wine. He put a nice heap of money, which he intended to use for dowry, under his hat. While heading back, he looked upon new life which sprouted towards the sun – at last spring had arrived!
When he returned to his village, he noticed the first sparks of the annual bonfire which illuminated the villagers’ faces brightly and mimicked the moonlight itself. But the man wasn’t bothered. Determined to ask for the mayor’s daughter’s hand in marriage, he first walked up to her father. Because he was a respectful young lad, the groom-to-be raised his hat and the wind blew his hard-earned money into the raging fire. But his would-be-bride, blinded by the riches fyling through the air, followed them straight into the flames. The horrified villagers could do nothing but witness how the girl promised eternal loyalty to the flaming beast. The groom stood as if frozen; his heart stopped and the spark in his eyes was gone. But his fable lives on in our Chardonnay.
Fedora
House of Indigenous Wines
FEDORA’S STORIES
We enjoy wine. It makes us ponder, take pleasure, remember. We tell stories of Fedora and of the history of our family and our home. Are they true, altered, or fake? We let you be the judge. Every wine has its own story.
The Groom
A young man full of high hopes went to Trieste, where he sold his first barrels of wine. He put a nice heap of money, which he intended to use for dowry, under his hat. While heading back, he looked upon new life which sprouted towards the sun – at last spring had arrived!
When he returned to his village, he noticed the first sparks of the annual bonfire which illuminated the villagers’ faces brightly and mimicked the moonlight itself. But the man wasn’t bothered. Determined to ask for the mayor’s daughter’s hand in marriage, he first walked up to her father. Because he was a respectful young lad, the groom-to-be raised his hat and the wind blew his hard-earned money into the raging fire. But his would-be-bride, blinded by the riches fyling through the air, followed them straight into the flames. The horrified villagers could do nothing but witness how the girl promised eternal loyalty to the flaming beast. The groom stood as if frozen; his heart stopped and the spark in his eyes was gone. But his fable lives on in our Chardonnay.
Fedora
House of Indigenous Wines
FEDORA’S STORIES
We enjoy wine. It makes us ponder, take pleasure, remember. We tell stories of Fedora and of the history of our family and our home. Are they true, altered, or fake? We let you be the judge. Every wine has its own story.
The Groom
A young man full of high hopes went to Trieste, where he sold his first barrels of wine. He put a nice heap of money, which he intended to use for dowry, under his hat. While heading back, he looked upon new life which sprouted towards the sun – at last spring had arrived!
When he returned to his village, he noticed the first sparks of the annual bonfire which illuminated the villagers’ faces brightly and mimicked the moonlight itself. But the man wasn’t bothered. Determined to ask for the mayor’s daughter’s hand in marriage, he first walked up to her father. Because he was a respectful young lad, the groom-to-be raised his hat and the wind blew his hard-earned money into the raging fire. But his would-be-bride, blinded by the riches fyling through the air, followed them straight into the flames. The horrified villagers could do nothing but witness how the girl promised eternal loyalty to the flaming beast. The groom stood as if frozen; his heart stopped and the spark in his eyes was gone. But his fable lives on in our Chardonnay.
Fedora.
House of Indigenous Wines
| Sorta: | chardonnay |
| Vinorodni okoliš: | Vipavska dolina |
| Vinorodna lega: | Golenbreg |
| Nadmorska višina vinograda: | 230 metrov |
| Sestava tal: | opoka (lapor, sovdan, fliš) |
| Izpostavljenost: | vzhod |
| Starost vinograda: | 10 let |
| Trgatev: | ročno pobirano |
| Vinifikacija: | spontana fermentacija, brez dodanih kvasovk, polovica prešana po kratkti maceraciji, druga polovica po 2-4 dneh maceracije. |
| Dodatek žvepla: | brez žveplanja do stekleničenja |
| Zorenje: | 12 mesecev v 1000-, 500- in 225-litrskih sodih iz rabljenega francoskega hrasta. |
| Temperatura za serviranje: | 11-15 stopinj Celzija |
| Spajanje s hrano: | jedi na osnovi gob, školjk in tartufov, jagnjetina, perutnina |
Description
Straw-yellow colour with shades of gold. Aromas of tropical fruit, mango, butter and herbs. On the palate it is dense, dry, pleasantly fresh, and with beautifully intertwined woody notes. A soft, delightfully balanced and harmonious wine.
Reccomended songs
Our wines are meant to be enjoyed in company. Wine and music share the power to evoke emotions and to make moments magical. Open a bottle of Pinella 16 and enjoy some songs that best describe it.
- Vesoul – Jacques Brel
- Chatterton – Serge Gainsbourg
- Il – Les Négresses Vertes
- He’s a Tramp – Peggy Lee
- To Pesmica Je – Vokalni kvintet Optimisti