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Gabernik 23

2020

‘Pikola’

Red Piquette   |   Štajerska - Slovenia
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About

Nick has been working with this vineyard since he started out on his own in 2010 and in 2018 started producing Janko’s wines. The focus of the Gabernik ‘pikolas’ (or piquettes) is to make that perfect summer/post-harvest thirst-quenching drink. One that is low in alcohol but carries just enough to make things interesting! This pikola is literal by-product of the Gabernik rosé, however there is more attention to detail than just that. In making a pikola, Nick feels that nailing the cleanest fermenting conditions is paramount to a precise and expressive drink. He is also focused on finding that perfect amount of additional fermenting juice to carry the ferment through is the tipping point of the ‘wine’ being too much or too little.

Nick took the pressed skins of the red blend he produces, which includes Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and a bit of Riesling, then added a bit of water back to the pressings to extract any remaining sugar. The water-laced must began to ferment naturally and after nine days was pressed to tank. He then blended 1/2 of the total volume of fermented juice with unfermented juice to continue the fermentation. When the ferment approached the final stretch it the wine was bottled to finish the fermentation in bottle, giving the brilliant light-sparkling nature of the concoction.

Stats

  • Grapes: 60% Pinot Noir - 30% Zweigelt - 10% Riesling
  • Vineyard: Ritoznoj
  • Vine Age: 17-years-old
  • Soil Type: Grey marl
  • Viticulture: Sustainable - dry-farmed
  • Fermentation: Native – plastic picking bins
  • Skin Contact: 7 days
  • Aging: 7 days in plastic picking bins followed by 10 days in stainless-steel
  • Alcohol: 7%
  • Residual Sugar: .9 g/L
  • pH: 3.41
  • Total Acidity: 4.07 g/L
  • Total SO2: 44 ppm
  • Total Production: 487 cases
  • UPC: 3830071120068

Tasting Note

Magenta.  Aromas of mulled plum wine leaps from the glass with raspberries.  There is a refreshing herbaceousness to the intense but elegant palate. Ripe plum and black raspberry flavors are held in check by the repeating herbal tone, with a touch of a wet rock thing.  There’s a peppery spiciness leading to a precise and linear finish.

Producer


Gabernik 23

Region


Štajerska

Country


Slovenia

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