STYLE

Tip: Invest in Wine

As the Sommelier Tip of this issue, we invite you to have

a glass of good red wine from the Beneš Winery.

The family-run Beneš Winery is found in the vine

village Hrušky in the “Painted Region” of Podluží, the

southernmost end of Moravia. Mr Roman Beneš and his

father Jaroslav farm their 7.5 ha of vineyards, annually

producing nearly 40,000 bottles of wine.

The region of Podluží belongs to the wine subregion

Slovácko and blue vine varieties prosper there thanks to

special qualities of the local soil. The Beneš family pay

special care to their production and process grapes from

the third harvest after two “reduction seasons”. The first

reduction comes in late August and grapes are disposed

of. The second reduction produces clarets and rosé

wines. Each plant therefore produces one bottle of wine

with attributes.

For many years, red wines from the Beneš Winery have

been the top quality items in our catalogue.

This February they have introduced three reds from 2017:

• Merlot 2017 selection of grapes

• Pinot noir 2017 selection of grapes

• Blaufränkisch 2017 late harvest “pozdní sběr”

Those wines have been aged in wood barrels for

13 months, the merlot in 225 litre French oak barrels

Seguin Moreau, the pinot noir 2/3 Seguin Moreau

and 1/3 François Frères. The Frankovka has been aged

in larger 750 l barrels Seguin Moreau and Veneta

Botti. These outstanding wines already show excellent

“drinkability” but being bottled only a few weeks ago,

their quality will improve and they will offer even a better

and fuller taste and experience in a few months. The

wines are now sold in the wine shop VIIINO Ostrava.

Text a foto:

Ing. Martin Lička

www.viiino.cz

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