ABSTRACT The sorption capacity and nutrient regime under different soil management practices (C – control, T – tillage and PM – tillage + poultry manure) in productive vineyard soil (Rendzic Leptosol) in the Nitra vineyard region (Nitra-Dražovce, Slovakia, Central Europe) were studied for the years 2013–2022. With T and PM, the soil pH was significantly lower than with C. The soil sorption capacity for both studied depths (0–30 and 30–60 cm) increased in the following order: T < PM < C. For all the soil management practices and soil depths, the soil sorption complex was fully saturated with basic cations. With T, in the 0–30 cm layer, the total nitrogen (Nt) content was lower by 218 and 292 mg kg−1, respectively, than with C and PM. However, in the period 2013–2022, the Nt increased statistically significantly, by 50.9, 87.6 and 97.8 mg kg−1 year−1 with T, C and PM, respectively. The application of PM had a positive effect on the increase in available phosphorus (P) – there was an increase with C and T of 96 and 112%, respectively. The content of available P increased linearly with all soil management practices. However, in the case of T, it was statistically significant (increase of 23.2 mg kg−1 year−1) over the period of 10 years. With PM, at 0–30 cm, the content of available potassium was significantly higher, by 29 and 91%, than with treatments C and T.