AN ELEVATED EXPERIENCE created with passion for perfection Grapes, juicy and full of life, All bathed in sun blaze, CHATEAU Touched by the breeze like a sweet airy kiss. We pick these little red and white marvels, KAMNIK Like marbles, Wine Adventure Just to juggle them in the in the playgrounds, Among the vines. That’s our game, our passion, our best fun time.

Then we get serious, Like the old-school architects are, And we build liquid worlds, made just of wine.

We collide traditions and science, To get powerful blasts of colors and tastes, To reach the ultimate and the best, To bring joy and delight in Wine glasses, Worldwide. (*)

(*) by Maja Serafimovska, 2018

CHATEAU KAMNIK 3 regions map The Kamnik estate is located currents circulating in this area in the River Vardar valley, reduce the summer evening Skopje Wine Region, the eastern temperatures and keep the soil entrance to the city of Skopje. warm in winter. The vines are The current 16 hectares of planted at a density of 5.500 vineyards, and the winery plants per hectare, cultivated itself, stretch across hills with a with single Guyot pruning minimum height of 300 m above system. sea level, with a southern slope Here we cultivate new clonal exposition. The surrounding developments of the grape mountains enable excellent varieties later used for creating microclimatic preconditions Kamnik world-class fine . for the vines. The mountain air

4 CHATEAU KAMNIK 5 FIRST MOMENTS AWARDS Selection

DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS (DWWA) 2004 WINERY FOUDNED & FIRST VINES PLANTED Terroir Vranec 2011 Grand Reserva wins a gold medal & the prestigious Regional Trophy for Best Red Wine in Central & 2008 FIRST HARVEST 2013 Eastern Europe, category red wines over £15 The First Regional Trophy in from DWWA AWC Vienna 2017, Austria Vinalies Internationales 2012, France Balkans International Wine Competition 2013, Cuvée de Prestige 2015 The First Regional Trophy ever for the Vranec veriety at FIRST AWARDS Ten Barrels 2009 Gold Medal DWWA Gold Medal Single Vineyard 2010 Reserva Ten Barrels Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Grand Trophy - Best Wine on the Balkans for 2013 2009 Champion of Dry Red Wines at Vino Ljubljana, Slovenia Trophee de Excellence at Les Citadeles du Vin, France Production capacity increased up to 120.000 L Gold Medal, Mundus Vini 2009, Germany 2014

Great American International Wine Competition 2017, USA FIRST ESTATE WINE BOTTLED The First Chateau Kamnik rosé sparkling wine Terroir Vranec 2012 Grand Reserva Double Gold Medal 2010 Ten Barrels Syrah 2008 is launched Spark Rosé 2014 Brut Sparkling Wine, Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2013, UK FIRST EXPORTS Traditional Method Syrah du Monde 2015, France Terroir Vranec 2011 Grand Reserva and many more... 2016 The first Chateau Kamnik wines are found at La Cité Ten Barrels Syrah 2012 Reserva Gold Medal & Regional Trophy – Best Red Wine in Gold Medal du Vin, Bordeaux, France - the newly opened, world’s Central and Eastern Europe in the category of Red THIRD IN THE LIST OF TOP 10 WORLD SYRAHS

largest cultural center dedicated to wine Wines above £15

6 CHATEAU KAMNIK 7 FOUNDATIONS A REAL STORY ABOUT A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF GRAPES, THE EXPLORATIONS IN THE VAST UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR CREATING ABUNDANT WINE TASTES, A WINE-WORLD BUILDING QUEST.

Started as a very personal fascination with the wine- castle-like boutique winery, and the first barrels in it, to making art that the founder has always had, everything the first wines bottled, and then many more travelling else came as a completely natural nowadays expression around the world, some winning great awards, a team of the authentic Macedonian wine-making traditions. of excellent people turned this vision into a wine-world From collecting wines from all over the globe, through building quest called Kamnik Wines, our creations the first vines planted and their transformation into combining past and future, now; keeping our story alive. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE: vineyards, through the foundations of the modern WE WANT THE BEST, WE CHASE PERFECTION, AND WE DO IT WITH PASSION.

8 CHATEAU KAMNIK 9 The grapes, created with special care and clonal selection, express KAMNIK their fullest potential with remarkable aromas, elegance and structure. All the main cultivation operations – pruning, tying, VINEYARDS defoliation and cluster thinning– are done by hand. The harvest is also carried out entirely by hand, at different times for each section and variety, in order to ensure that the grapes reach the cellar at THE FACT THAT DIFFERENT It’s a swirl of grapes, colors and tastes. the optimal degree of maturation. This trend ensures the perfect ripening of the grapes, avoiding arrest of maturation due to water CLONES OF SELECTED Kamnik Vineyard Varieties stress in plants. VARIETIES ARE PLANTED RED: Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, , Carménère, Merlot, Arinarnoa, Vranec. IN A SIGNLE VINEYARD IS WHITE: Pinot Grigio, , , Gewürztraminer, WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE Moscato Giallo, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Greco di Tufo, Viognier. UNIQUE AND INTERESTING Kamnik Terroir HOW WE FOR THE VITICULTURE FANS. The cinnamonic soil is characterized by a good mechanical (clay and stony) composition, which enables ideal preconditions for a balanced GROOM OUR growth and development of the vines. The rich mineral composition is reflected in the authentic taste of the wines. GRAPES

10 CHATEAU KAMNIK 11 HARVEST TIME

BEGINNING We pay close attention and great care to The ampelo-technical measures we apply determine the best harvest time in terms of enable obtaining phenolically ripe wines OF WINE the phenolic, aromatic and the enological with intense ruby red color, high level of CREATION maturity of the grapes. These are important extracts and extended ageing potential. aspects that result in optimal content of When it comes to the red varieties, we apply sugars and aromatic compounds in the double crop reduction which ensures partial grapes, and also into a qualitative and dehydration of the grapes on the vine. quantitative evolution of the polyphenols in We take only the best grapes, by hand, and we the grape skin. celebrate that as a moment when the creation of our wines starts again.

12 CHATEAU KAMNIK 13 THE CELLAR WINE ARCHITECTURE

VINIFICATION graphically displayed several times a day. When it comes The vinification starts immediately after the harvest to the red grape varieties, the pneumatic punch down and it begins with the white varieties. The processes system of the wooden vats enables exceptional color of vinification take place in special inox tanks and extraction with extremely fine tannins, and preservation wooden vats. In order to achieve proper kinetics of the of all the aromatic compounds. The premium red wines fermentation, each tank and vat is separately controlled are always aged in new French and American oak barrels, and monitored for temperature, with data being which enhances their premium quality characteristics.

14 CHATEAU KAMNIK 15 TASTING LOUNGE

FOR A DIFFERENT, ELEGANT AND WINE TASTING TOURS On-the-spot experience enriching your knowledge on RELAXING WINE TASTING MOMENT viticulture and wine production. Our guided tours include a BUILDING IN A MODERN AND COZY visit to the vineyards, the cellar and a wine tasting program. Lunch or dinner in the Hunter’s Lodge Kamnik restaurant YOUR ATMOSPHERE, ENJOING THE VIEW possible afterwards. An ideal point to start or finish a tour over WINE OVER THE CITY OF SKOPJE. the Vardar River valley wine region. MEMORIES

16 CHATEAU KAMNIK 17 WHITE WINES COLORS OF LIGHT

PINOT GRIGIO Single Vineyard

SAUVIGNON BLANC Single Vineyard

CHARDONNAY Single Vineyard

TEMJANIKA

GOLDEN TEMJANIKA

FUMÉ BLANC

CHARDONNAY Barrel Fermented

EUPHORIA TEMJANIKA

18 CHATEAU KAMNIK 19 COLORS ORANGE & ROSÉ WINES OF LIFE

The ORANGE Grenache Blanc ROSÉ SEXY & PURE ELEGANCE one wine­­­­ – two labels

COLORS OF SUN, PASSION & DELIGHT 20 CHATEAU KAMNIK 21 COLORS RED WINES OF THE HEART

PINOT NOIR WINEMAKERS’ SELECTION MONTEPULCIANO CUVÉE DE PRESTIGE

TEN BARRELS SYRAH Reserva MERLOT Single Vineyard Reserva TEN BARRELS CABERNET SAUVIGNON Reserva TERROIR VRANEC Grand Reserva SIGNATURE MERLOT Grand Reserva

22 CHATEAU KAMNIK 23 SPARKLING WINES

COLORS OF SPARK

SPARK BRUT NATURE BLANC DE BLANCS SPARK GOLD BLANC DE BLANCS SPARK ROSÉ SPARK DEMI-SEC MUSCAT

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