The best wines of Slovakia
Discover the best wines of Slovakia as well as the best winemakers of Slovakia and estates of Slovakia to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Slovakia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Slovakia by region
Looking for a good wine of Slovakia among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Slovakia. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Slovakia with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Slovakia
Red wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of hungarian goulash, royal couscous or spicy chicken and mustard pie.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Slovakia
On the nose the red wine of the region of Slovakia. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, non oak or earth.
The best vintages in red wine of Slovakia
- 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
- 2012With an average score of 4.29/5
- 2020With an average score of 4.15/5
- 2014With an average score of 4.13/5
- 2018With an average score of 4.08/5
- 0With an average score of 4.07/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Slovakia
- Dunaj
- Alibernet
- Blauer Portugieser
- Pinot Noir
- Kékfrankos
- Cabernet Sauvignon
Discovering the wine region of Slovakia
Slovakia (officially The Slovak Republic) is a landlocked country described as being either at the eastern edge of Western Europe, or the western edge of Eastern Europe. This dichotomy reflects the state's recent history, a story of political unrest common in this region. The lands that are now Slovakia were an integral Part of Hungary for almost 900 years, but became independent when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the First World War. Almost immediately, Slovakia aligned itself with Bohemia and Moravia (the modern-day Czech Republic), Silesia and Carpathian Ruthenia to form Czechoslovakia.
This union lasted until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Since 1993, the Slovak and Czech republics have remained cordially independent.
Since the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and Slovakia's subsequent separation from its western neighbor the Czech Republic, Slovakia has embraced its European status. It joined both the European Union and Nato in 2004, the Schengen Area in 2007 and the Eurozone in 2009.
It is now among the fastest-developing economies in the OECD, and its once-failing wine industry has shown signs of recovery. Although early attempts to privatize the industry were unsuccessful, New wine laws and the continued growth in wine consumption worldwide have sparked the nation's wine producers into life. The majority of Slovakian wine is still sold domestically or to neighboring Poland and Ukraine, but there are a small number of producers ready, willing and able to develop international export markets.
Slovakian wine comes mostly from the vineyards clustered around Bratislava and scattered eastwards along the border with Hungary.
Great white wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Slovakia
White wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of endive frichti, half-cooked bluefin tuna or navarin of lamb.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Slovakia
On the nose the white wine of the region of Slovakia. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of honey, earth or microbio.
The best vintages in white wine of Slovakia
- 2018With an average score of 4.11/5
- 2013With an average score of 4.05/5
- 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
- 0With an average score of 3.98/5
- 2012With an average score of 3.97/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.94/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Slovakia
- Devin
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Riesling
- Grüner Veltliner
- Furmint
- Aurelius
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.
Great sparkling wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Slovakia
Sparkling wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), baked mackerel or pho soup.
Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Slovakia
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Slovakia. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth.
The best vintages in sparkling wine of Slovakia
- 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
- 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.99/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
- 1991With an average score of 3.90/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Slovakia
- Dunaj
- Alibernet
- Devin
- Riesling
- Blauer Portugieser
- Palava
The word of the wine: Persistence
Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.
Great pink wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Slovakia
Pink wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or vegetarian paella.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Slovakia
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Slovakia. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, tangerine or asparagus and sometimes also flavors of orange, non oak or vegetal.
The best vintages in pink wine of Slovakia
- 2015With an average score of 3.98/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.93/5
- 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.84/5
- 0With an average score of 3.78/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Slovakia
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Riesling
- Pinot Blanc
- St. Laurent
- Alibernet
- Blaufränkisch
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Great sweet wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Slovakia
Sweet wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef with dark beer, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or express seafood spaghetti.
Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Slovakia
On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Slovakia. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, earth or tree fruit.
The best vintages in sweet wine of Slovakia
- 2015With an average score of 3.99/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.98/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
- 0With an average score of 3.83/5
- 2014With an average score of 3.78/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Slovakia
- Devin
- Chardonnay
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Alibernet
- Blaufränkisch
- Riesling
The word of the wine: Bright
Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.
Great natural sweet wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Slovakia
Natural sweet wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Slovakia
- 1991With an average score of 4.20/5
- 0With an average score of 3.90/5
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Great unknow wines of Slovakia
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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Slovakia
Unknow wines from the region of Slovakia go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The best vintages in unknow wine of Slovakia
- 0With an average score of 3.50/5
A wine route in the region of Slovakia ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages
- &scaronenkvice
- &scaronentjernej
- &scaronintava
- Bratislava
- Bátorové kosihy
- Ch&#aba
- Dubnany
- Gbelce
- Kop&#any
- Levice
- Modra
- Nitra
- Nový &#ivot
- Osterreich
- Pavlová
- Pezinok
- Piestany
- Ra&#a
- Skalica
- Slovensko
- Svatuse
- Svätý jur
- Vinosady