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Malokarpatská - "Lesser
Carpathian" wine
region
Malokarpatská wine region is located in the southwestern part of Slovakia.
Vines are grown for more than three thousand years on southern,
southwestern and south-eastern slopes and plains of the Lesser
Carpathians and in locality Záhorie. Geological substrate is
predominantly formed by detrial cones of Lesser Carpathian
rivers, soils are silty sands, medium skeletal, in the peripheral
parts
loess eventually drifting sands. Vineyards are covering 5 588
hectares within 132 specified
regions.
Wine from Lesser Carpathian wine region is a product obtained exclusively by total or partial fermentation of grapes or grape must, which originates in this region. Grapes are achieving high sugar content, wines are full bodied, with intensive taste aned with pleasant
level of acidity, suitable for longer cellar maturation. Harmonious
connection of sun light, mountain, river, substantial soil and dedicated
work of people is creating wines you'll favor for its refreshing
lightness, pleasure, honesty.
Malokarpatska wine region has
continental climate. The total volume of rainfall is 650 mm distributed
fairly evenly throughout the year. Altitude of vineyards in the area is
from 100 to 250 metres above sea level. Average air temperature in the
period from May to September range from 13 ° C to 20 ° C, the average
temperature in growing season is 17.5 ° C. Average annual sunshine
duration is 2100 hours, the sum of active air temperature during
vegetation is at least 3000 ° C. This area is characterized by at least
15 °C temperature difference between day and night during the
vegetation, with skeletal base allowing the grapes to produce white
varieties of higher acidity, while malolactic fermentation is eliminated
to occur when the grapes are still on plants.
The vineyards are mainly trained on medium or high techniques of vine
training system. There is up to 10 000 vines/hectare density of
vineyard. Number of vine buds shall not exceed 80 000 per one hectare of
vineyard for production of wine, quality wine, sparkling wine of wine region,
grower's sparkling wine or liqueur wine. Maximum of 65 000 vine buds
for the production of quality wines with attribute. Treatment of the
white grapes varieties during processing is very fast and tactful, white
wines are typically with higher acidity, wine is extracted with optimum
ratio of sugars and acids. Production of white wines in the Lesser Carpathian
wine region is done in reductive way, without or with only minimal
access of air. Temperature is controlled during fermentation and it does
not exceed 15 ° C. Controlled fermentation involves possible use of
indigenous or commercial preparations of isolated strains of yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sulfur dioxide is used as a chemical
preservative.l
Grape must for the production of quality wines or wines
with protected geographic origin can be enriched by adding sucrose (not
more than 3.4 kilograms of sugar to 100 l of must) or with concentrated
grape must. White wines are fresh and suitable for long-term deposit
maturing. Red varieties for the production of the red wines are
processed with at least 6 hours long maceration on the skins. Typical
higher content of extract, tannins and polyphenols is transferred into
velvety smoothness and fullness with maturation. Malolactic fermentation
in red wines occurs spontaneously or by controlled adding strains of
Oenococcus oeni. In the years with the total amount of temperatures over
3100 ° C quality wines and quality wines with predicate that are
characterized by extraordinary extract, fullness, ripeness and bouquet
can be grown on these soils. Quality wines with the attributes may be
preserved only with using of carbon dioxide, not using chemical
preservatives such as sorbic acid and benzoic acid. Quality wines with
predicate can't be chaptalised or enriched in any other way. Sparkling
wines from Malokarpatská region have youthful
temperament, fruity freshness and harmony with flower aromas. They have
characterised by energetic and dynamic fizziness and green to
gold-yellow colour. |
Specification of Slovak Union of Grape and Wine Producers
Presentation of the region by City of Bratislava - Department of Tourism
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