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Erdevik Omnibus Lector Chardonnay 2015

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Chardonnay in Serbia

While we are partial to wines made from indigenous varieties—and Serbia has a buzzworthy one called Prokupac—the high-quality Chardonnay in the country has captured our attention umpteen times at wine shows, classes, and restaurants.

Grown in most of the wine regions in Serbia, Chardonnay does exceptionally well in the country. We made that observation during our first trip to Serbia in 2016, and this belief has continued to strengthen over time. There are more than a handful of good examples from wineries like Aleksandrović, Belo Brdo, Bijelica, Janko, Lastar, Matalj, and Radovanović.

Serbian Chardonnay wines tend to show ripe, sweet fruit notes of melon, stone fruit, and sometimes tropical fruit. The good examples always achieve fresh acidity, round mouthfeel, and a finish of mineral note or salinity. The bad examples are usually the results of poor winemaking, such as hygiene issues and oxidation during the vinification process. A few Serbian Chardonnays also fail to charm because of over-oaking. French, Slavonian and Serbian—also a minute number of Hungarian— oak barrels are used in Serbia. We’ve tasted fine Serbian Chardonnays that underwent fermentation or aging in all of those oak types.

Serbia is only at the beginning of its modern winemaking timeline, but there are already many bright spots in the country.

 

Exotic Wine Travel’s Choice:
Erdevik Omnibus Lector Chardonnay 2015

Erdevik Omnibus Lector Chardonnay

Nestled on the western slopes of the Fruška Gora hill in northern Serbia, Erdevik Winery is a new establishment that has taken over the compound of an old state-run cooperative during the Yugoslavian era. The Chardonnay grapes are planted on the right bank of the Danube river, in alluvial soil with layers of clay and limestone before reaching the fossilized remains of the Pannonian Sea. The grapes receive ample light from both the sun and the reflection of the Danube and enjoy cool air from the Fruška Gora range.

The Omnibus Lector 2015 is Erdevik’s first attempt at barrel-fermented Chardonnay. It was fermented in 50% Hungarian and 50% Slavonian oak, medium toasted, 500-liter barrels. After aging, the wine was aged in the same barrels for six months on the lees. The wine has a prominent honeydew note along with hints of peach, apple, vanilla, and mineral. On the finish, the wine fleshes out with a dash of oak spice. The round mouthfeel settles down into a persistent, citrus-fresh finish. The Omnibus Lector is well-balanced and will evolve well for a few years.

90/100  (You can find out more about our scoring system on the START HERE page.)

Erdevik Omnibus Lector Chardonnay is available at wineandmore.com

Check out our video Serbian Wine: The Most Experimental Region for our impressions on the wines of Fruška Gora.


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