Festive premiere of Belje noble wines called GOLDBERG – Golden Selection was held in Zagreb wine boutique “Bernstein” on February 21, 2008 under the guidance of Mr Franjo Francem, project director in Agrokor wine production and Mr Marijan Knežević chief wine expert in Belje winery. On that occasion, Winery Belje presented the premium wine selection from the 2006 vintage, made into two new products: GOLDBERG Grashevina and GOLDBERG Chardoney.
Grapes of the highest quality used for GOLDBERG – Golden Selection are grown on Banova kosa, on a Goldberg hill with a southern exposure, at the altitude of 220 meters. The vineyard base is brown, rich and airy loess soil characterized by a deep profile of loess. Such a terrain and exposition ensures a well-balanced relationship between the freshness offered by Grashevina and Chardoney as wine sorts, and the maturity and abundance obtained through special care given to vineyards, grapes, and wine.
GOLDBERG Grashevina 2006 vintage is a premium off-dry wine, with the residual sugar concentration of 10,6 g/L and alcohol content of 13,1 %. In order to obtain the desired style and character, the wine was created through a careful selection of grapes of usual, as well as late harvests. Impressive character, achieved through special cultivation, reveals itself in elegance and harmony of sensations. In this wine, the relationship between freshness offered by Grashevina as a wine sort, and maturity and abundance obtained through the late harvest is well balanced. The wine has a shining and glittering clarity, which is accompanied by elegant yellowish-greenish color. The aroma is rich, complex, and fruity with emphasis on ripe apple and over-ripe apricot. Honey and exotic fruits successfully complete the composition of fragrances. A subtle fragrance of mold and fungi superbly support the sensations. This is an elegant, rich, fresh, and creamy wine, with excellent body structure. Furthermore, it is very harmonious and warm. It is long on the finish. This wine could accompany rich, sophisticated meals, but in fact, one should enjoy it unaccompanied, taking sufficient time to uncover its complexity.
GOLDBERG Chardoney 2006 vintage is a premium off-dry wine, with the residual sugar concentration of 10,7 g/L and alcohol content of 13,4 %. Elegance and beauty of this wine was accomplished by combining different times of harvest, as well as by using excellent criteria of grapes selection. The wine has a vivid, sparkling, gold-yellow color and crystal clarity. The smell is rich and pleasant with a distinctive fruity aroma, tasting of ripe cantaloupe, apricot and ripe candied fruit, with a walnut kernel aroma in the background. The taste is fresh, elegant, full, and harmonious, of a very fine structure, and at the same time very powerful and potent. It has a very long finish. This wine can accompany various meals with rich souses, as well as roast meat, and beefsteaks.
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