Dimensions
D 17 cm · H 23 cm
First Collector's Edition · Calassi × AYA Estate
AYA · Chardonnay
Meet the wine before you taste it.
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Flavour is more than taste. It is the work of all our senses, carrying us through memory, imagination and time.
Maria Baleva, M.Arch.
From wine to form
How the shape tells the story of the wine Every decision of form, glaze and texture answers a specific note in the wine — grounded in crossmodal correspondence research.
The translation · at a glance
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Ripe fruit · buttery palateRounded reservoir
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Butter · caramel · richnessCreamy-yellow gloss
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Weight · concentrationVisual and physical mass
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Salinity · mineralityRough sea-foam texture
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Long, saline finishElongated neck
The full reading
Ripe fruit and buttery palate → a rounded reservoir
The full, rounded lower volume carries the wine's ripe yellow fruit and buttery palate — its weight and fullness held in a calm, generous base.
Butter, caramel and richness → a creamy-yellow gloss
A creamy-yellow gloss reflects the wine's butter, caramel and richness, the warm heart of its character.
Weight and concentration → visual and physical mass
The vessel's mass and proportions read the wine's weight and concentration, so the hand meets its fullness before the first sip.
Salinity and minerality → a rough sea-foam texture
A rough, sea-foam zone carries the wine's salinity and gentle minerality — the Black Sea coast of Kaliakra written into the surface.
A long, saline finish → an elongated neck
An elongated neck follows the wine's long, saline finish, carrying it beyond the ripe fruit into a mineral close.
Ripe fruit and buttery palate → a rounded reservoir
Butter, caramel and richness → a creamy-yellow gloss
Weight and concentration → visual and physical mass
Salinity and minerality → a rough sea-foam texture
A long, saline finish → an elongated neck
Congruence check
The rounded, butter-yellow volume carries the wine's ripe fruit and fullness, while the rough sea-foam zone rises towards the neck and follows its long, saline finish. Weight, gloss and texture point the same way — richness first, salinity and a mineral close staying to the end.
Specification
The vessel, in detail
Capacity
1500 ml
Colours
Creamy light yellow, blue-grey, white
Glaze
Creamy-yellow gloss · rough sea-foam zone
Material
Warm white porcelain, food-safe coloured glazes, fired at 1200 °C. Dense, durable, non-porous.
Edition
Handcrafted porcelain · Made in Bulgaria · First Collector's Edition with AYA Estate · signed Maria Baleva, M.Arch.
A vessel created for
Created for ZEN Chardonnay 2025. Made to live beyond it.
Full-bodied white wines — ripe fruit, roundness and richness, with texture, salinity and a long, mineral finish.
The wine it is created for
View the wine on AYA Estate
ZEN Chardonnay 2025, Estate Collection
2025 · CHARDONNAY · KALIAKRA
Rich yellow fruit and buttery, tropical depth, with a fine saline finish of sea sand and waves.
Terroir
Kaliakra, Kavarna. Black-earth (chernozem) soils by the Black Sea; sea breezes felt as a gentle minerality.
Colour
Sparkling yellow-gold.
Aroma
Intense and rich yellow fruit — ripe apple, pear and white peach, with a hint of banana.
Palate
Buttery, with butterscotch and tropical fruit — banana, mango and ripe white peach.
Finish
Long, closing on a saline, mineral aftertaste of sea sand and waves.
Serve at
12 °C
An exceptionally elegant wine with a rich aroma of yellow fruit. The taste is intense, with a distinct tropical presence of mango and banana. Fine salinity and a gentle minerality in the aftertaste deepen the sense of sea sand and waves.
The ritual
The wine, met with the senses awake
A Calassi vessel works on the moment before the wine — the anticipation. Form, colour and texture wake the senses before the first pour, and the act of serving becomes part of how the wine is met. Poured into the glass, the wine arrives to senses already prepared. The cooling system holds an ideal temperature through the whole ritual, from opening to the last glass.
The system · three ways
The vessel, the cooler, or the whole system The vessel stands on its own. The cooler is a dedicated companion, available separately.
Designed to hold the wine at an ideal serving temperature throughout the ritual. The double-walled porcelain body holds cooling agents that regulate heat exchange and keep the temperature for up to two hours.
The base opens easily so the agents recharge in an ordinary refrigerator, ready for the next bottle. Developed as a dedicated companion to the vessel, it brings temperature control into the serving system while leaving the vessel itself unchanged.
Ships worldwide by DHL, in a protective hard case.