NECTAR LUCIS – a regional Podorlice project imbued with enthusiasm and the courage to pursue own goals
My name is Lucie Šimonová and wine is my passion. Years ago I planted vineyards in a wine non typical area then grew grapes and made my own wine. Try it too!
The annual production of our micro-winery is about 3,000 bottles. We also buy grapes for some wines. The national flag flies in the vineyard and the basic wine line has a label in the tricolor color. We focus on special wines – kvevri wines (orange and red), sparkling Pét – Nats and Grand wines (Nectar line – Nectar Noir, Nectar Blanc and Nectar Sekt).
The company premises you can find at the Doudleby nad Orlicí castle where the grape processing and a wine production take place.
We will be very happy if you try their great taste.
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Offer Nectar Lucis wines
In 2025, the village Borovnice – Rájec was officially included in the wine region of Bohemia, the Mělník subregion. The vineyard in Rájec thus bears the name of the vineyard route “Na skalce”. We market the wines with the designation “Česká zemská vína”. The grapes during harvest reach the qualities and sugar content values of attributive wines. The annual production of our micro-winery is approximately 3,000 bottles.
The annual production of our micro-winery is approximately 3000 bottles.
When creating our wines we place maximum emphasis on terroir, variety and quality. We therefore do not use selected yeast but prepare our own yeast from our vineyard. For wines where possible we try to use technological steps to prepare the wine for bottling in such a way that we can use only the absolutely necessary amount of sulfur dioxide (for kvevri and Japp Nat the addition of SO₂ is zero) and do without clarification and filtration. Of course these steps are laborious and also risky – this is also the reason for the slightly higher price level of our wines compared to conventional wineries. We like to drink our wines ourselves and often which is the reason why we make them “pure” and tuned just for us! We respect the thesis that wine is a art work with a unique spirit and we work so that the winery handwriting is clearly legible, unambiguous, fun, interesting and always maintains the same high quality from year to year.
Nectar Noir 2023
Light garnet to purple wine color with aromas of ripe black cherries, plums and jam. We can also find cigars (leather and rotting leaves) and earthy tones (mushrooms). The taste coincides to the aroma, complemented by a wonderful salinity, reminiscent of salty olives.
Maceration for 3 months, fermented with autochthonous yeast and then matured for 10 months in a large oak barrel. Trained using sur lie technology, unfiltered, without chemical stabilization of tartar.
Nectar Noir 2023
Light garnet to purple wine color with aromas of ripe black cherries, plums and jam. We can also find cigars (leather and rotting leaves) and earthy tones (mushrooms). The taste coincides to the aroma, complemented by a wonderful salinity, reminiscent of salty olives.
Maceration for 3 months, fermented with autochthonous yeast and then matured for 10 months in a large oak barrel. Trained using sur lie technology, unfiltered, without chemical stabilization of tartar.
Wine
- Quality classification: czech regional wine
- Wine color: light garnet to purple
- Variety: Pinot Noir
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: oak barrel
- Residual sugar: 0,4 g / l
- Acids: 5,6 g / l
- Alcohol content: 14,0 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
12–14 °C
Store
10–12 °C
Price
12 €
Nectar Blanc 2023
Golden yellow colour of wine with aromas of pears and cantaloupe, tinged with the refreshing scent of spring rain. The taste is very mineral and full, corresponding aromas in the nose.
Nectar Blanc 2023 is pure Pinot Blanc 100%. Fermented (autochthonous yeast) and matured for 14 months in oak barrels. Trained using sur lie technology, unfiltered and without chemical tartar stabilization. Depot in the bottle are crystals of wine diamonds (tartar) and this is a natural property of wines.
Wine
Nectar Blanc 2023
Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc are both from the same family. The “Pinot” family no surprise which puts them in close relation to Pinot Noir. Meaning you drink Pinot, you have the right taste. Our Nectar Blanc is either a pure Pinot Blanc or a cuvée with Pinot Gris.
Distributed worldwide and both varieties are popular. Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc and their differences in taste:
Pinot Gris tend to show a little more extract and structure than some Pinot Blanc. Nuances of nuts and herbs are often found in the bouquet of this grape variety, paired with fresh fruit notes. Pinot Gris often smells of pineapple, lemon zest, apple and pear.
Pinot Blanc, on the other hand, is popular with many connoisseurs for its somewhat fresher expression. The bouquet reveals apple, pear, melon, quince, a hint of nuts and meadow flowers. A Pinot Blanc is often pleasantly creamy on the palate and is considered by some connoisseurs to be the rounder variant of the two varieties. The Pinot Blanc is said to have a certain similarity with the Chardonnay.
Wine
- Quality classification:Cczech regional wine
- Wine color: white, no filtration
- Variety: Pinot Blanc
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: oak barrel
- Residual sugar: 4,9 g / l
- Acids: 7,1 g / l
- Alcohol content: 14,5 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
12–14 °C
Store
10–12 °C
Price
12 €
Nectar Blanc 2022
Sparkish golden color wine with aromas of Williams pears, mirabelles, greengage and blooming
meadow with notes of toasted white bread. A very mineral and full taste evokes fresh toast with
butter and marmalade from white fleshed fruits and figs. The aftertaste is long and mineral.
Cúvée Pinot Blanc 60 % and Pinot Gris 40 %. Fermented by natural yeast. Fermented and aged for 6
months in an acacia barrel and then aged for 7 months in an oak barrel. Trained by sur-lie
technology, unfiltered and without chemical tartar stabilization. Depot in the bottle are crystals of
wine diamonds (tartar) and this is a natural property of wines.
Nectar Blanc 2022
Sparkish golden color wine with aromas of Williams pears, mirabelles, greengage and blooming
meadow with notes of toasted white bread. A very mineral and full taste evokes fresh toast with
butter and marmalade from white fleshed fruits and figs. The aftertaste is long and mineral.
Cúvée Pinot Blanc 60 % and Pinot Gris 40 %. Fermented by natural yeast. Fermented and aged for 6
months in an acacia barrel and then aged for 7 months in an oak barrel. Trained by sur-lie
technology, unfiltered and without chemical tartar stabilization. Depot in the bottle are crystals of
wine diamonds (tartar) and this is a natural property of wines.
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays
- Wine color: white, no filtration
- Variety: Pinot Blanc
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: oak barrel
- Residual sugar: 0,1 g / l
- Acids: 5,6 g / l
- Alcohol content: 12,5 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
12–14 °C
Store
10–12 °C
Price
12 €
SPECIAL KVEVRI PINOT BLANC 2023
Wine of red gold color. In the aroma you can smell dried apricots, lychee, star anise and cloves. In the taste dried apricots and candied fruit. The wine is full and structured with a medium length of aftertaste.
SPECIAL KVEVRI PINOT BLANC 2023
Wine of red gold color. In the aroma you can smell dried apricots, lychee, star anise and cloves. In the taste dried apricots and candied fruit. The wine is full and structured with a medium length of aftertaste.
Wine
- Quality classification: Czech regional wine
- Variety: Pinot Blanc
- Wine color: orange
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Residual sugar: 0.3 g/l
- Acid: 5.1 g/l
- Alcohol content: 13,5 % vol.
- Spontaneous fermentation, malolactic fermentation, not sulphured, not filtered
- Allergens: natural sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
9–15 °C
Price
14 €
SPECIAL KVEVRI Riesling 2022
Wine color is amber-brick. Indian spices, nuts, dried fruits and blood oranges can be felt in the aroma. The taste is very intense and full, multi-layered, wild, and after longer contact with the air the wild orange turns into candied citrus fruits and dried apricots. The aftertaste is very long. Small amount of lees left in the wine is intentional – it protects the wine from oxidation.
SPECIAL KVEVRI Riesling 2022
Wine color is amber-brick. Indian spices, nuts, dried fruits and blood oranges can be felt in the aroma. The taste is very intense and full, multi-layered, wild, and after longer contact with the air the wild orange turns into candied citrus fruits and dried apricots. The aftertaste is very long. Small amount of lees left in the wine is intentional – it protects the wine from oxidation.
Wine
- Quality classification: czech regional wine
- Variety: Riesling
- Wine color: opal to amber
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Bottled: 10/07/2023
- Residual sugar: 0,1 g/l
- Acid: 5,8 g/l
- Alcohol content: 12 % vol.
- Spontaneous fermentation, malolactic fermentation, not sulphured, not filtered
- Allergens: natural sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
9–15 °C
Price
12 €
SPECIAL KVEVRI SAINT LAURENT 2023
The color of the wine is dark, purplish red with violet reflections. The aroma reminiscents of sour cherries, black currants and prunes. The taste is very full and corresponds to the aroma, complemented by notes of chocolate. The finish is uncommonly long for this grape variety with pleasantly integrated tannins.
SPECIAL KVEVRI SAINT LAURENT 2023
The color of the wine is dark, purplish red with violet reflections. The aroma reminiscents of sour cherries, black currants and prunes. The taste is very full and corresponds to the aroma, complemented by notes of chocolate. The finish is uncommonly long for this grape variety with pleasantly integrated tannins.
Wine
- Quality classification: czech regional wine
- Variety: Saint Laurent
- Wine color: red
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Bottled: 14/12/2024
- Residual sugar: 0,2 g/l
- Acid: 5,8 g/l
- Alcohol content: 12,5 % vol.
- Spontaneous fermentation, malolactic fermentation, not sulphured, not filtered
- Allergens: natural sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
9–15 °C
Price
18 €
CUVÉE RÁJEC semi-dry 2024
Cuvée Rájec – harmony of Solaris and Rinot varieties in a mineral presentation.
The color of the wine is greenish. The aroma enchants with an exotic touch of ripe pineapple and juicy apples, which elegantly combines with a delicate spiciness and a touch of green tea. The taste continues with a pronounced spiciness, supported by a strong mineral character and a long, sophisticated aftertaste. The wine is calm, yet deeply eloquent. Ideal for moments when you want to stop, perceive the details and let yourself be carried away by the elegance of nature enchanted in the bottle.
CUVÉE RÁJEC semi-dry 2024
Cuvée Rájec – harmony of Solaris and Rinot varieties in a mineral presentation.
The color of the wine is greenish. The aroma enchants with an exotic touch of ripe pineapple and juicy apples, which elegantly combines with a delicate spiciness and a touch of green tea. The taste continues with a pronounced spiciness, supported by a strong mineral character and a long, sophisticated aftertaste. The wine is calm, yet deeply eloquent. Ideal for moments when you want to stop, perceive the details and let yourself be carried away by the elegance of nature enchanted in the bottle.
Grapes
- Altitude: 312-m above sea level
- Exposure: northeast
- Municipality: Rájec
- Age of the vineyard: 2017
- Soil type: loamy, clay to saliva
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays
- Wine color: white
- Variety: Solaris, Rinot
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: stainless steel container
- Residual sugar: 10,5 g / l
- Acids: 6,9 g / l
- Alcohol content: 13,5 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
12–14 °C
Price
12 €
JAPP NAT – Pét-Nat Blanc 2024
Pét-Nat that entertains. Ideal for picnics, celebrations or just like that. Slightly wild, naturally sparkling, unforgettable.
The wine is gold colour. The unbridled aroma of fresh grapes, white currants and gooseberries blends with a subtle hint of toasted bread – like a summer breakfast in the garden. The taste exactly copies this fragrant symphony and thanks to the lively, spicy acidity, the wine is wonderfully juicy, refreshing and irresistibly drinkable.
JAPP NAT – Pét-Nat Blanc 2024
Pét-Nat that entertains. Ideal for picnics, celebrations or just like that. Slightly wild, naturally sparkling, unforgettable.
The wine is gold colour. The unbridled aroma of fresh grapes, white currants and gooseberries blends with a subtle hint of toasted bread – like a summer breakfast in the garden. The taste exactly copies this fragrant symphony and thanks to the lively, spicy acidity, the wine is wonderfully juicy, refreshing and irresistibly drinkable.
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays, natural sparkling
- Wine color: white
- Variety: Chardonnay
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Alcohol content: 12,5 % vol.
- Spontaneous fermentation, unsulphurised, not filtered.
- Allergens: contains only natural carbon dioxide
Serve
5–7 °C
Store
9–15 °C
Price
12 €
SOLARIS dry 2023
The color of the wine is golden. In the aroma can be found mango, pineapple and papaya. The taste is full, corresponds to the aroma, complemented by notes of gooseberry and juiciness of yellow kiwi. The aftertaste is very long and traditionally mineral. The sediment in the wine is not a defect, the wine is unfiltered.
SOLARIS dry 2023
The color of the wine is golden. In the aroma can be found mango, pineapple and papaya. The taste is full, corresponds to the aroma, complemented by notes of gooseberry and juiciness of yellow kiwi. The aftertaste is very long and traditionally mineral. The sediment in the wine is not a defect, the wine is unfiltered.
Grapes
- Altitude: 312-m above sea level
- Exposure: northwest
- Municipality: Rájec
- Age of the vineyard: 2017
- Soil type: loamy, clay to saliva
- Sugar content at harvest: 24 ° CNM
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays
- Wine color: white, no filtration
- Variety: Solaris
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: oak barrel
- Residual sugar: 0,3 g / l
- Acids: 7,9 g / l
- Alcohol content: 13,0 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
12–14 °C
Price
12 €
Chardonnay 2024
In the glass it shines with a delicate yellow-green hue and invites you to sniff, revealing fresh tones of green apple, juicy peach and ringle. Everything is harmoniously underlined by the light aroma of acacia blossom which gives the wine a noble, floral accent.
It is medium-full on the palate, yet juicy and lively. The mineral character underlines its complexity and makes every sip a sensory experience.
Sophisticated and yet accessible – a Chardonnay that will delight connoisseurs and excite discoverers.
Chardonnay 2024
In the glass it shines with a delicate yellow-green hue and invites you to sniff, revealing fresh tones of green apple, juicy peach and ringle. Everything is harmoniously underlined by the light aroma of acacia blossom which gives the wine a noble, floral accent.
It is medium-full on the palate, yet juicy and lively. The mineral character underlines its complexity and makes every sip a sensory experience.
Sophisticated and yet accessible – a Chardonnay that will delight connoisseurs and excite discoverers.
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays
- Wine color: white
- Variety: Chardonnay
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: stainless steel tank
- Residual sugar: 7,3 g / l
- Acids: 6,5 g / l
- Alcohol content: 13,0 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
10–12 °C
Store
12–14 °C
Price
10 €
NECTAR SEKT brut nature 2021
Our first sparkling wine from the Na skalce vineyard in Rájec was made of the Rinot grapes. The base wine fermented on wood using autochthonous yeast. For the secondary fermentation, wine must and natural yeast were used. Before disgorging the wine matured for 36 months on secondary yeast. The unique location of the vineyard and the marl subsoil give the sparkling wine a distinctive character and a pronounced minerality.
This sparkling wine is a great choice for gastronomy – it goes perfectly with foie gras, fatty.
NECTAR SEKT brut nature 2021
Our first sparkling wine from the Na skalce vineyard in Rájec was made of the Rinot grapes. The base wine fermented on wood using autochthonous yeast. For the secondary fermentation, wine must and natural yeast were used. Before disgorging the wine matured for 36 months on secondary yeast. The unique location of the vineyard and the marl subsoil give the sparkling wine a distinctive character and a pronounced minerality.
This sparkling wine is a great choice for gastronomy – it goes perfectly with foie gras, fatty.
Grapes
- Altitude: 312-m above sea level
- Exposure: northeast
- Municipality: Rájec
- Age of the vineyard: 2017
- Soil type: loamy, clay to saliva
Wine
- Quality classification: Vin de Pays
- Wine color: white
- Variety: Rinot
- Volume: 0.75 l
- Type of lager container: stainless steel
- Residual sugar: 0,1 g / l
- Alcohol content: 11,5 % vol.
- Allergens: sulfur dioxide
Serve
5–7 °C
Store
9–15 °C
Price
25 €
Winemaking is my hobby
So far, I have been doing winemaking next to work and it is my hobby.
For me, only quality is decisive, so I prefer lower production so that the wines achieve a various but varietal-typical flavors and aromas.
Where we grow
The Rájec Vineyard
Newly emerging wine regions are growing each year. Wine is reaching areas unimaginable in the past. Wine production has returned to Greenland where the wine was produced in the past. Experimental vineyards are in Norway, commonly grown in Sweden and the United Kingdom; where they have their own Appellation in Sussex. The lush soil of the Tibetan Plateau is no longer enough for Chinese winemakers and now they have a new slightly unconventional destination, the universe – they have sent to circling the orbit vine bushes to develop resistance to the harsh climate of the blue planet.
So why not to grow in Rájec! Especially if we look back in the history; about 6 km from Rájec there is a village called Bestovice. In the 16th and 17th century there were 12 vineyards on the hill above the main road within area of more than three and a half hectares.
In the vineyard in Rájec mainly resistant PIWI varieties are planted, with part of the area also made up of traditional varieties. The designation PIWI comes from the German “pilzwiderstandsfähige Rebsorten”, meaning in free translation ‘mold-resistant wine varieties’. It is a group of wine varieties resistant to fungal diseases, frost, etc. The varietal composition is Solaris, Rinot, Cabernet Cortis, Donauriesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir.
Due to their increased resistance not so many products against fungi and pests may be used, and in addition these varieties mature very well into “Attributive Wines”.
Our micro-winery is cultivated with love by my family members and my very dear friends.
The land was prepared accordingly with the requirements of the soil analyzes prescribed by the Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Mendel University; and added the required values of individual biogenic elements, including pH adjustment two years before planting
When planting, we used Alginite – a natural mineral eco-bio fertilizer together with barn manure. You can read about the planting of the vineyard itself on my blog.
We manage the vineyards gently as possible with a high proportion of manual work. We do not use herbicides fot the bare soil treatement so they are maintained exclusively by means of mechanization. We also try to take a responsible approach to chemical treatment of plants and a protection systemic spraying have excluded. Overall we try to work according to the organic farming principles. We would like to obtain the biodynamic winemaking certification in the future.
How I became a winemaker
My story
Wine is my great passion. So I decided to devote myself a little deeper to this God-loving activity and try to plant my own vineyard in a wine non typical region and grow my own grapes and make a wine.
No one is born a winemaker so I wanted to learn something new and I chose the Faculty of Horticulture of the Mendel University as a field of study, Viniculture and viticulture branch. I decided to revive the land that my father, František Koďousek, gave me. He was born just in Rájec where he himself once farmed. I chose this unique place for planting my first vineyard overlooking my native village.
An integral part of the vineyard as well as myself is a loyal friend the French bulldog Japp. Together we have our entire story on the label. I had an idea and the graphic designers from ETIFLEX gave it the right form.
The logo should live with the company and just like Japp lives on the vineyard and with the wine he decided to contribute in addition to posing with other activities where he bit off a piece of the winelabel with his fangs and left his indelible imprint. Our national Czech flag flies in the vineyard and the basic line of wines has a label in the tricolor color.
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