Wines introduction

Central and Eastern Europe

Wines from these areas – except perhaps Austria and Germany – have been much maligned in recent history. In fact, some of these regions have a history of winemaking that stretches back 8,000 years.

The quality of the wine from these regions can be compared to those of the ‘old world’, yet consumer habits in the UK say differently. Our ethos at Kol is to champion products that are grown and made respectfully and are of high quality – something that the regions can provide in abundance.

These are perhaps, the ‘new classics’. WINES BY THE GLASS

BUBBLES

Dobrá Vinice, Kambrium 2018 – Moravia, Czech 10 | 56 Grüner Veltliner, Ryzlink (Riesling), Sauvignon Blanc Pét-Nat

Moët & Chandon, Grand Vintage 2009 – Épernay, France 17 | 98 Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

Ruinart, Blanc de Blancs NV – Reims, France 24 | 140 Chardonnay

WHITE

Vins Suñer, Macabeu 2019 6 | 24 | 32 Tarragona, Spain – Macabeu

Slobodne, La Pera 2018 8 | 30 | 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – 1 Litre, Sauvignon Blanc

Petr Kocarik, Hibernal 2017 12 | 48 | 72 Moravia, Czech – Hibernal

Etienne Sauzet, La Tuféra 2017 15 | 60 | 86 Burgundy, France – Chardonnay

SKIN CONTACT WHITE

Slobodne, El Melon 2018 8 | 30 | 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – 1 Litre, Traminer

Oriol Pérez de Tudela, Escabeces 2017 – Tarragona, Spain 10 | 38 | 56 Cartoixa Vermell

ROSÉ

Slobodne, La Rosa 2018 8 | 30 | 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – 1 Litre, Blaufrankisch, Cabernet Sauvignon

RED

Heidi Schrock, Junge Lowen 2018 6 | 24 | 32 Burgenland, Austria – Blaufrankisch, St Laurent

Uva de Vida, Biográfico 2018 8 | 32 | 44 Toledo, Spain – Graciano, Tempranillo

Slobodne, El Corazón 2018 8 | 30 | 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – 1 Litre, Blaufrankisch, Cabernet Sauvignon

Enderle & Moll, Liaison 2016 14 | 54 | 80 Baden, Germany – Pinot Noir

Domaine du Coulet, Brise Cailloux 2017 18 | 72| 92 Cornas, France – Syrah central & eastern europe

Bubbles

Dobrá Vinice, Kambrium 2018 – Moravia, Czech 56 Grüner Veltliner, Ryzlink (Riesling), Sauvignon Blanc Pét-Nat

Cristopher Koch, Rosé Rural NV 66 Kremstal, Austria – Zweigelt, St Laurent Pét-Nat

Nibiru, Blanc de Blancs 2016 82 Kamptal, Austria – Chardonnay

White

CRISP & FRESH Matošević, `Alba` 2019 44 Istria, Croatia – Malvazija Istarska

Hirsch, Hirschvergnügen 2017 46 Kamptal, Austria – Grüner Veltliner

Joiseph, Mischkultur 2017 56 Burgenland, Austria – Gemishcter Satz (Field Blend)

Slobodne, La Pera 2018 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – 1 Litre, Sauvignon Blanc AROMATIC Attila Homonna, Tokaji 2017 54 Tokaj, Hungary – Furmint, Harslevelu

Ramaz Nikoladze 2017 66 Imereti, Georgia – Tsolikouri

Andreas Tscheppe, Blue Dragonfly 2018 82 Styria, Austria – Sauvignon Blanc

RICH & COMPLEX Petr Kocarik, Hibernal 2017 72 Moravia, Czech – Hibernal

Clemens Busch, Marienburg ‘Falkenlay’ GG 2014 122 Mosel, Germany – Riesling

Gut Oggau, Timotheus 2015 90 ROCK & ROLL Burgenland, Austria – Grüner Veltliner, Weisseburgunder

Christian Tschida, Non-Tradition 2017 126 Burgenland, Austria – Grüner Veltliner central & eastern europe

Skin Contact White

LIGHT AMBER Krásná Hora, La Blanca 2018 44 Moravia, Czech – Riesling Field Blend

Slobodne, El Melon 2018 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – Traminer

Joiseph, Neuburger 2017 – Burgenland, Austria 76 Neuburger

MEDIUM ORANGE John Okro’s Wines, Rkatsiteli 2017 62 Kakheti, Georgia – Rkatsiteli

Atelier Kramar, Bohem 2017 - Gorižka Brda, 72 Tocai Friulano

Staffelter Hof, Orange Utan 2018 80 Mosel, Germany – Riesling, Muscat

Kmetija Mlecnik, Cuvée Ana 2012 92 Vipavska Dolina, Slovenia – Malvazija, Chardonnay, Sauvignonasse & Rebula

FULL ON SKINS Claus Preisinger, Edelgraben 2015 94t Burgenland, Austria – Weisserburgunder

Slobodne, Oranzista 2018 62 Hlohovec, Slovakia – Pinot Gris

Dobrá Vinice, Nejedlik 2011 98 Moravia, Czech – Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc (Oxidative)

Maria & Sepp Muster, Erde 2017 122 Styria, Austria – Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay

Rosé

Krásná Hora, Blanc de Noir 2017 46 CRISP & FRESH Moravia, Czech – Pinot Noir

Franz Strohmeier, Lys-Röd No. 29 NV 70 AROMATIC & FRUITY Styria, Austria – Blauer Wildbacher

Slobodne, La Rosa 2018 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – Blaufrankisch, Cabernet Sauvignon OUR PRODUCERS

Slobodne

The winery or Vinárstvo in Slovak is headed up by sisters Agnes and Katka and their partners Miso and Andrea. The story of their winery is an interesting one which dates back to the early 20th century. When the estate started, its primary agricultural crop was tobacco, with wine being made on the side to sell locally but also beloved by the art scene in Prague.

Due to two world wars and then the communism that ensued in the region, the estate had been held by the authorities. It wasn’t until 1997 that control of the estate was passed back into the hands of its rightful owners for wine making to continue.

We are lucky in that Nic from Modal Wines and the Slobodne Four have made us four wines (a white, skin contact, rosé and red) that come in litre bottles and are perfect wines for the table. THE REGIONS

SLOVENIA Wine making in Slovenia is distinctly creative and elegant: producers use everything from acacia to mulberry for their barrels, fermenting varietals commonly found across the border in Italy into imaginative new wines..

SLOVAKIA Slovakian wines come from six wine-making regions to the south of the country, and minimum intervention producers are coming to the fore. Winery Slobodne Vinárstvo in Zemianske Sady, to the west of the country, makes our house wines.

AUSTRIA Small and beautiful: perhaps the best way to describe Austria’s winemaking countryside. The majority of the vineyards have long grown white grapes such as Grüner Veltliner, favouring crisp, elegant white wines, while fruit- forward red wine’s history is a little more recent..

GERMANY German wine is predominantly produced in the west of the country, from vineyards located along the banks of the Rhine. Elegant, aromatic Riesling is usually the star of the show, but other varietals are beginning to emerge. Perhaps the most distinctive characteristic of German wines is their high acidity, caused both by reduced ripeness in the northerly climate.

GEORGIA The oldest wine region in the world, Georgian wines are traditionally fermented in qvevri – large terracotta vessels buried underground – and the country is known for its skin-contact orange wines. Indigenous grapes number in the hundreds, with key varietals including Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane, Kisi, and Saperavi.

CROATIA Croatian winemaking has a history dating back to the Ancient Greek settlers, with vineyards exposed to the Mediterranean sun and cooled by its sea breezes. Posip for characterful white wines and Plavac Mali for robust reds are the most common Croatian varietals.

CZECH REPUBLIC Terroir-focused, low intervention wines can be found in Moravia in the Czech Republic. Some whites offer spice and an earthy minerality, while wines made from Ryzlink Rýnský can be floral in style. Reds are light in style, from grapes such as Modrý Portugal and Frankovka.

SWITZERLAND The winemaking zones of mountainous Switzerland are diverse in their approaches to production and style, with red Pinot Noir and white Chasselas being the two most common. central & eastern europe

Red

LIGHT & JUICY Vino Magula, Carboniq 2018 52 Lesser Carpathia, Slovakia – Blauer Portugeiser

Slobodne, El Corazón 2018 56 Hlohovec, Slovakia – Blaufrankisch, Cabernet Sauvignon

Richard Stávek, Divy Ryšak 2016 64 Moravia, Czech – Field blend of white & red

MEDIUM BODIED Enderle & Moll, Liaison 2016 80 Baden, Germany – Pinot Noir

Heidi Schrock, Junge Lowen 2018 32 Burgenland, Austria – Blaufrankisch, St Laurent

Weninger, Balf 2017 48 Sopron, Hungary – Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch)

Zdenék Vykoukal 2016 58 Moravia, Austria – Cabernet Moravia

STRUCTURED Mytopia, Illusion 2013 108 Valais, Switzerland – Pinot Noir

Zurab Topuridze, Saperavi 2017 66 Guria, Georgia – Saperavi

Vina Čotar, Terra Rosa 2009 86 Kras, Slovenia – Teran, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Gut Oggau, Bertholdi 2011 184 Burgenland, Austria – Blaufrankisch

ROCK & ROLL Piquentum, Refošk 2017 60 Istria, Croatia – Refošk

Joiseph, Tannenburg 2016 84 Burgenland, Austria – Zweigelt

Christian Tschida, Felsen II 2012 140 Burgenland, Austria – Syrah the rest of the world

Bubbles

Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2012 98 Épernay, France - Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier

Ruinart, Blanc de Blancs NV 140 Reims, France - Chardonnay

Krug, Grand Cuvée NV 280 Reims, France - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

Tillingham, COL Pét Nat 2019 74 East Sussex, England - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

White

Vins Suñer, Macabeu 2019 32 Tarragona, Spain – Macabeu

Folias de Baco, Uivo 2019 42 , Portugal – Moscatel Galego

Quinta da Muradella, Alanda 2017 58 Monterrei, Spain – Doña Blanca, Treixadura, Verdello

Domaine Moreau-Naudet 2018 60 Chablis, France – Chardonnay

Foradori, Manzoni Bianco 2018 66 Alto Adige, Italy – Manzoni Bianco

Ktima Ligas, Assyrtiko Barrique 2018 76 Pella, Greece – Assyrtiko

Etienne Sauzet, La Tuféra 2017 86 Burgundy, France – Chardonnay

Nicolas Joly, Clos de La Coulée Serrant 2017 142 Loire, France – Chenin Blanc

Emidio Pepe, Trebbiano 2015 152 Abruzzo, Italy – Trebbiano

Maison Morey-Blanc, Meursault 1er Les Charmes 2013 170 Burgundy, France – Chardonnay the rest of the world

SKIN CONTACT WHITE

Oriol Pérez de Tudela, Escabeces 2017 56 Tarragona, Spain – Cartoixa Vermell

COS, Zibbibo in Pithos 2018 76 Ragusa, Sicily - Zibbibo

Red

O.Romanis, Cuvée Alice 2018 28 Corbières, France – Carignan, Grenache

Uva de Vida, Biográfico 2018 44 Toledo, Spain – Graciano, Tempranillo

Azienda Ghiommo, Lavai 2018 52 Piemonte, Italy – Barbera

Vale de Capucha, Fossil 2016 54 Lisbõa, Portugal – Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Syrah

Clau de Nell 2017 78 Anjou-Saumur, France – Cabernet Franc

Les Dolomies, Le Bordel c’est Bon 2018 88 Jura, France – Trousseau

Sylvain Pataille, En Clemengots 2017 92 Côtes de Nuits, France – Pinot Noir

Domaine du Coulet, Brise Cailloux 2017 96 Cornas, France – Syrah

Remelluri, La Granja Gran Reserva 2010 122 Rioja, Spain – Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Moscatel, Viura, Malvasía

Philippe Pacalet, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Sentiers 2014 220 Burgundy, France – Pinot Noir

Poderi Aldo Conterno, Cicala 2008 252 Barolo, Italy – Nebbiolo LARGE FORMAT

white

Sebastian Riffault, Akméniné 2016 126 Sancerre, France – Sauvignon Blanc

Gut Oggau, Theodora 2018 136 Burgenland, Austria – Grüner Veltliner, Welschrielsing

Orange

Christian Tschida, Himmel Auf Erden 2015 152 Burgenland, Austria – Muskat Blend

Sepp Muster, Grafin 2017 174 Styria, Austria – Sauvignon Blanc

red

Sylvain Dittière, Les Cormiers 2015 176 Loire, France – Cabernet Franc

Christian Tschida, T.N.T 2018 185 Burgenland, Austria – Blaufrankisch

Le Puy, Emilien 2013 206 Francs-Côtes-de-Bordeaux – Merlot Blend

sweet, fortified & oxidative

Maestro Sierra, Amontillado NV 9| 44 Jerez, Spain 375ml – Palomino

Miguel Galadi, PX Fino NV 8 | 45 Montilla-Moriles, Spain – Pedro Ximénez

Petr Korab, Černé Starosvētské 2015 11 | 54 Moravia, Czech – Blaufrankisch

Domaine de Souch, Monplaisir 2018 10 | 66 Jurançon, France – Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng

Attila Hommona, Edes Harmas 2016 56 Tokaji, Hungary – Furmint

Staffelter Hof, Kröv Steffensberg Auslese 2008 72 Mosel, Germany – Riesling