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To find this grape so far from Condrieu in both distance and conditions was unexpected but it seems Viognier can benefit from a higher latitude and cooler position.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294062493883,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Kusicky-2021-Seggs-with-my-Eggs.png?v=1679356020"},{"product_id":"marvla-tindo-n-v-cider","title":"MARVLA TINDO - Rappel N\/V Cider","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: LEVICE, TEKOVSKÝ, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINE MAKERS: VLADO KUNY AND MARTIN DANELIČ  \/ APPLE(S): APPLE: UNKNOWN OLD LOCAL SORT.  SOIL: VOLCANIC TUFF, OTHER VULCAN. \/ VINIFICATION: MADE PET NAT STYLE \/ BOTTLED: NOVEMBER, 2021 \/ BOTTLES PRODUCED: 500 \/ ALC\/VOL: 6.5% Dry frothy delight of a cider, made from what is probably an old table variety. Bottled late in fermentation without disgorging it is an apple based pet-nat. The yeast bolsters the character of the fruit and the finish exhibits the same sweet minerality that is so enjoyable in the MARVLA TINDO wines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294062461115,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Tindo-2021-RAPPEL.png?v=1679356671"},{"product_id":"marvla-tindo-2021-pesecka-leanka","title":"MARVLA TINDO - 2022 Pesecká Leánka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePesecká Leánka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDry White Wine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eVintage: 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRegion: Nitra, Levice, Slovakia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eVineyard: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLevice - Strážny vrch - Albína\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eVarieties:  Pesecká Leánka\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eType of Farming: Ecological\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSoil: Volcanic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAltitude: 280 - 350 meters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFermentation: Direct Press, Spontaneous Fermentation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAging: Stainless steel and used barrels\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFining and Filtration:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTotal So2:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAlcohol: 11%\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTotal production: bottles: 2,500\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePesecká Leánka is an old Carpathian variety perfectly acclimated to the blazing summers and ice winters of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTekovský region. 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Light rustic cheeses, chlorophyll rich greens, and fowl from chickens to geese.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294062297275,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Tindo-2021-Pesecka-Leanka.png?v=1700764130"},{"product_id":"marvla-tindo-2019-poezia-frankovka-alibernet-pinot-noir","title":"MARVLA TINDO - 2019 Poezia (Frankovka, Alibernet, Pinot Noir)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: LEVICE, SITNO VOLCANO, TEKOVSKÝ, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINE MAKERS: VLADO KUNY AND MARTIN DANELIČ  \/ GRAPE(S): FRANKOVKA MODRÁ 60%, ALIBERNET 30%, PINOT NOIR 10% SOIL: MIXED VOLCANIC \/ VINIFICATION: 2 WEEKS CO- MACERATION, 1 YEAR IN USED OAK \/ BOTTLED: MAY, 2021 \/ BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2000 \/ Tindo Poezia is the red house cellar cuvee. The exact blend changes every year but is always Frankovka (Blaufränkisch) based. 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It was an underdog and a champion, and remains that. An exemplary rendition of the grape sort. Full of violets and grapefruits, camphor and coffee, spicy, woodsy, long and scintillating with agile tannins and Habsburgian charm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294062133435,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Tindo-2019-Frankovka-Modra.png?v=1700764021"},{"product_id":"pivnica-cajkov-n-v-vulcanica-pet-nat-pinot-gris-pesecka-leanka","title":"PIVNICA CAJKOV - N\/V Vulcanica Pét-nat (Pinot Gris, Pesecká Leánka)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: ČAJKOV, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINEMAKER: MAREK UHNÁK \/ GRAPE(S): PESECKÁ LEÁNKA, PINOT GRIS \/ FROM MAREK: for VULCANICA I combine the best barrels of PESECKÁ LEÁNKA, and my freshest barrels of PINOT GRIS with fresh Leanka juice of PESECKÁ LEÁNKA and then bottle it under crown cap. The exact composition I adjust by feel. It is a beautiful game because the result is somewhat unpredictable. The mineral-lysate tone is accompanied by the salty line and noble bubbles. The wine has been neither clarified or filtered nor mechanically stressed. Bottled using the gravitational flow.”VOLCANIC #5 is the 5th iteration of the house sparkling wine.\" Frothy complexive, faint red fruits, tree flowers, meadow, brioche. An amazing wholesome sparkling wine worthy of hard celebrating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294061936827,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Cajkov-Vulcanica-Pet-Nat.png?v=1679357107"},{"product_id":"pivnica-cajkov-2021-princess-pesecka-leanka","title":"PIVNICA CAJKOV - 2024 Princess (Pesecká Leánka)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: ČAJKOV, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINEMAKER: MAREK UHNÁK \/ GRAPE(S): PESECKÁ LEÁNKA \/ FROM MAREK: PRINCESS Princess is the true spirit animal (grape) of our region, a delicious yet reliable companion ready to make your day brighter come rain or come shine. She begins as destemed fruit, it is allowed to macerate and start fermentation. When it pushes the cap of skins to the top of the tank the clear wine is racked into another tank. Where it continues fermenting slowly for 6 months untouched. Finally it is bottled by gravity, bottle by bottle, directly off of the tank so carefully it retains the natural Co2 suspended in the wine from the first fermentation.\" Delicacy and poise, it drinks lie the juice of a pear with a touch of elderberry syrup fermented dry with just the faintest prickle of carbonation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44419982196923,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Cajkov-2021-Princess.png?v=1679357069"},{"product_id":"pivnica-cajkov-2019-rustical-pesecka-leanka","title":"PIVNICA CAJKOV - 2023 Rustical (Pesecká Leánka)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: ČAJKOV, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINEMAKER: MAREK UHNÁK \/ GRAPE(S): PESECKÁ LEÁNKA \/ SKIN CONTACT 4-10 DAYS \/ FROM MAREK: \"This is the wine of our grandparents, made in the old school ways of Čajkov as a tribute to the hard work, love and values of my ancestors.\" RUSTICAL is made from the oldest plots and clones of PESECKÁ LEÁNKA, gently fermented with the skins before being pressed into barrel to finish. 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As her caretaker, I learnt so much about her values, traditions and memories, and saw the need to preserve them. A calling to buy and save old abandoned vineyards, like the wild Sádowie site with an unknown mix of old clones of Fetească Alba on poor soil that gives birth to this wine.\" A bouquet of wildflowers in the glass the wine is elegant and strong (not in alcohol) but substance. It changes dramatically as it is exposed to air. 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Putting these grapes together was a happy accident – one vintage, I had such little yield from one vineyard that I had to process all its grapes together, no matter the colour. Although unplanned, I liked the result so much that I replicated this blend later on purpose. The new Tecton is a blend of three neighbouring sites with similar soil and spirit – proportions vary according to vintage, but the aim is always a tasty red wine that's grounded, but still a bit provocative and easy to finish a bottle of.\" Low alcohol, spicy a bit wild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"black lamb wine","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":47294061478075,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/0227\/9867\/products\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-6.13.31-PM.png?v=1679357095"},{"product_id":"pivnica-cajkov-2017-empress-frankovka","title":"PIVNICA CAJKOV - 2017 Empress Frankovka","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOCATION: ČAJKOV, NITRA, SLOVAKIA \/ WINEMAKER: MAREK UHNÁK \/ GRAPE(S): FRANKOVKA \/ FROM MAREK: \"Frankovka is the most characteristic red variety of the old Habsburg monarchy, its Empress. I see it as the truly noble grape, capable of incredible purity, genuinity and terroir expression. 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