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Nadja and Andrej — she from Germany, having found wine on an Austrian vineyard; he a Slovak winemaker with a decade of quiet, unglamorous experience — met and came back to his home village of Svätý Jur to build something together. Their first sparkling release took its name from what it does in the glass: bright top notes, a gentle fizz, a wine that performs. Opera I. leans into Moravian Muscat's aromatic lift, balanced by the greener structure of Müller-Thurgau, grown on the granite and sandy soils of the Little Carpathians. Made by the traditional method — the same patient process behind Champagne, just without the name rights — it's bottled bone-dry, Brut Nature, with zero dosage. Nothing added to soften it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base wine is made from direct-pressed Moravian Muscat and Müller-Thurgau, fermented in stainless steel with a completed malolactic fermentation for roundness. 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A quarter of the blend is reserve wine, carried over to steady the character across vintages. The base wine is then bottled for its second, traditional-method fermentation, developing its fine bead slowly before disgorgement. As with the rest of the Opera line, there's no dosage — Brut Nature, unadorned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naboso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58001097949516,"sku":"SW-SK-NABO-OPI2-25","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/0360\/2764\/files\/Frame20_1a3a16a9-4641-4f74-83c8-299b49ec14ff.jpg?v=1783433238"},{"product_id":"opera-iii-2025","title":"OPERA III. 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale salmon-pink, bright and clear, fine persistent bubbles.\u003cbr\u003eRed berries, cherry, a floral lift, a whisper of spice.\u003cbr\u003eCrisp. Fruity. 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It's Nadja and Andrej's most fruit-forward Opera, built for the moments Opera I. and II. are almost too serious for — the picnic, the aperitivo, the glass poured before anyone's decided what they're actually eating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlaufränkisch, Cabernet Sauvignon, and direct-pressed Rhine Riesling ferment together in stainless steel, without malolactic fermentation, keeping the acidity crisp and the colour bright. Ten percent of the blend is reserve wine — less than in the other two Operas — letting this vintage's fruit speak more directly. 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