Chateau Winery Bzenec s.r.o.

Our philosophy "EVERY DETAIL MATTERS"

In the vineyard
It all starts with the careful selection of the vineyard site. When planting, we insist on choosing the right variety and the best clone. Each individual seedling, planted by machine, is then hand tamped. The green work in the vineyard is marked by manual labour, for example, we very carefully break off every leaf that unnecessarily weakens the plant. We carefully consider the harvest date and try to delay it as long as possible for the desired ripeness of the grapes. We do not delay the harvest itself and transport the grapes as quickly as possible for processing. We insist on this.

Cellar
In the cellar we give the wine time, it is in the cellar until we are 100% satisfied. We use wines from different stages of grape ripeness at harvest, different types of training, different second vessel materials, different barrel sizes, different producers, and different degrees of barrel firing when we put the wines together. We endlessly select the most appropriate combination of proportions from these wines to get the best result for a given range of wines.

Achievements
These motivate us to do things even better. We enjoy pushing our limits, proving the impossible. For a long time, we were not internally satisfied with our idea of the perfect red wine. We set out to change that and succeeded in being a champion with EGO No. 90 Pinot No. 90 Pinot No. 90 Pinot No. 90 Pinot Blue Barrique. We also wanted to start making interesting and long-lived wines on barrel, and we succeeded with the EGO No. 79 Chardonnay barrique 2019. Competitions make us happy, but they are even more important to us in strengthening our desire to do even better next time, or to score in another category next time. And they also give us a clue as to what customers might like in the market.

Design
We endlessly discuss more and more versions and "sub versions" of graphic designs, design visions and ideas. We grill all of them thoroughly, perhaps from all sides, doing research among our colleagues to see which version appeals to whom. We discuss ideas in a wider circle and have a desire to find the best one.

Tasting
When we do tastings for customers, we choose the wines, varieties, vintages and tasting themes very carefully. We then rank the selected wines in the most appropriate order for tasting before the event, which is to let each individual sample stand out, the next sample must not degrade the previous one and must let the next one stand out. It is not easy to build a tasting with us.

Vineyard "Under the Old Castle"
In the reconstruction of the line, we started by levelling the uneven terrain, recovering the washed-out topsoil, reconstructing the walls, terraces, wells and the generous concept of the staircase. The planting of the vines was done traditionally with acacia stakes and partly with "head" lines. We have also very carefully selected clones of the planted varieties, which belong to the Bzenecko region - Riesling, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris, but also very rare varieties that are no longer grown. We had to grow these from loops found all over Europe - e.g. Red Spice, Inkwell, Bouquet Riesling, Kadarka, etc. These are planted in single rows, like an experiential vineyard. Here too, it was very important for us that the current appearance of the reconstructed line reflects its historical significance as one of the oldest vineyard lines in the Czech Republic and also the emotional relationship that the Bzenč people themselves have with Starák.

Adjustment
We insist on the perfect connection between the wine, packaging, label and the overall wine tasting experience. We are obsessed with design. Starting with the bottle, its appropriate choice according to the focus of the wine line or a particular variety is very important. The label is the proverbial gold brooch on a perfectly fitting dress. It must be sexy, modern, tasteful and its contents must tell a story. We insist on using premium materials and printing technologies.

Logo
Its complexity and titular details are no accident. Our logo also tells our story. A proud story of beauty, elegance, refinement and "nobility". Peacocks, which refer to the castle park, decorate the shield as a symbol of pride in our work, the crown as a symbol of our achievements and the year 1873, when the first classical sect was founded in the Czech lands, to which we subscribe.

Architecture
An example is the reconstruction of the cellar in Bzenec. The floors are made of the same material that is supplied for the streets in Venice. The interior of the cellar (tasting room) and other modifications are made by the renowned architect Štěpán Marek, who has done many sacral realisations and other reconstructions and is a highly respected architect. A detail, but important to us, is for example the round table with its own thigh heating.

Events
We just do them differently. Innovative, generous, superior, novel, inspiring, progressive. Programmatically, we avoid established wine clichés. It is important for us that the visitor feels much better than at other events, feels the difference. To leave with the feeling that we have done something new, something they have never experienced anywhere else, and that it was great.

Produced white wine varieties

Chardonnay
Müller Thurgau
Moravian muscat
Neuburger
Pálava
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Riesling
Welschriesling
Sylvaner green
Traminer red
Veltliner Frührot
Grüner Veltliner
Sauvignon

Produced varieties of red wines

André
Cabernet Moravia
Cabernet Sauvignon
Frankovka (Lemberger)
Merlot Noir
Blauer Portugieser
Pinot Noir
Saint Laurent
Zweigeltrebe Blau

Produced wine categories

Land wine, Quality wine, Kabinet wine, Late harvest, Selection of grapes, Saint Martin's wine, Rosé

Achieved awards

- 2011 WINE SALON 2011: absolute champion + 10 wines VINALIES INTERNATIONALES : 3 Silver medals LES GRANDS DU MONDE STRASBOURG: Gold medal DECANTER: Silver medal CM BRUXELLES: Silver medal AWC VIENNA: 7 Silver medals TERRAVINO IZRAEL: 3 Silver medals - awards in 2012 SALON VÍN 2012: 10 wines VINALIES INTERNATIONALES : Silver LES GRANDS CONCOURS DU MONDE: 2 Gold medals, Silver medal DECANTER: Silver medal CM BRUXELLES: Gold medal AWC VIENNA: Gold medal, 5 Silver medals TERRAVINO IZRAEL: Gold medal LE MONDIAL DU ROSE : 2 Gold medals - award in 2013 SALON VÍN 2013: absolute champion + 7 wines - award in 2014 SALON VÍN 2014: absolute champion + 8 wines LES GRANDS CONCOURS DU MONDE: Gold medal + main prize - best Pinot Blanc CM BRUXELLES: Gold medal, 2x Silver medals SÉLECTION MONDIALES DES VINS CANADA: 2x Gold medal - award in 2015 SALON VINES 2015: absolute champion + 2 wines IWC SAN FRANCISCO: Gold medal, Silver medal, 3x Bronze medal - award in 2016 SALON VINES 2016: 5x Gold medal, 1x Silver medal

Specialties in the menu

wines with the attribute - cabinet, late harvest, grape selection, ice wine