Bohemia (Cechy in Czech) of Czech Republic is one of the most northern regions of viniculture in Europe. It was established Long before the expansion of Moravia, but despite this headstart it now accounts for less than five percent of the Czech Republic's annual wine production.
Bohemia's position in the Czech wine industry is now largely ceremonial as it covers the picturesque, traditional, historic end of production, leaving the Moravia region to churn out many millions of gallons of wine each year. Bohemia is divided into the two sub-regions of Melnická and Litomerická with a majority of Vineyards concentrated around river systems, especially in the valleys of Vltava, Labe, Berounka and Ohre.
Due to its landlocked location in eastern Europe, the Climate of Bohemia is staunchly continental with four distinct seasons. Summers are Warm, but temperatures rarely surpass 25°C (77°F). Snowfall is common in winter months, especially at higher altitudes, requiring vignerons to Select grape varieties well-suited to cold temperatures.
In Melnická, limestone bedrock provides a Rich source of plant-reachable calcium carbonate.
This aids the retention of Acidity and provides nutrients to ripening grapes as well as supplying a high level of water-retention. Litomerická has darker, basalt-based soil types with vineyards found on the southern slopes of Ceské Stredohorí.
These are ideal growing conditions for Riesling and Muller-Thurgau, the two most populous varieties. Pinot Noir was imported from Burgundy in the Midde Ages and has done particularly well in Melnická.
Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.
white wines from the region of Jihomoravsky go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sea bream fillets with capers, natural breton lobster or savoyard crozet gratin.
On the nose in the region of Jihomoravsky often reveals types of flavors of orange, citrus fruit or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or apples.
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