Zagreb Cork Croatia Kékfrankos tasting 2025 December

4 of the 5 Kékfrankos wines with Grand Gold are Hungarian!

Cork Croatia tasting of 68 wines from 6 countries

Last month Croatian online wine publication, Cork Croatia held one of the broadest tastings of Kékfrankos / Blaufränkisch / / Frankovka (etc) grape variety. 4 of the 5 Grand Gold winners are Hungarian wines!

The Zagreb tasting is one of the most comprehensive panel tastings of the variety, the 68 wines cover the territory of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, the region where Kékfrankos (as we call it) became significant and acknowledged. The event took place at LuMa Wine & Friends wine bar. Zoltán Győrffy Hungarian wine writer, editor-in-chief of Pécsi Borozó helped recruit samples and participated in the jury.
Tasters:
Dr. Ivan Pejić, mgr. Franjo Francem, Ina Bednar, Jana Koščec, Željko Suhadolnik, Ivan Dropuljić, Siniša Medenica, Ivo Kozarčanin, Tomo Jakopović, Darko Lugarić, Zoltán Győrffy.

The Grand Gold Winners

Jackfall Kékfrankos (Villány) 2020 (HUN)
– Stier Kékfrankos (Villány) 2021 (HUN)
Heumann Kékfrankos Reserve (Villány) 2018 (HUN)
– Fyrmonia Kékfrankos – Frankovka Modra 2022 (SVK)
Thummerer Kékfrankos Superior Válogatás (Eger) 2021 (HUN)
Best of country and gold winner wines are below the photos

Grand gold winner Kékfrankos wines
Thummerer Kékfrankos grand gold
Fyrmonia Kékfrankos Frankovka Modra

Best of Country wines

Austria: Kollwentz Blaufrankisch Leithakalk (Burgenland) 2022
Croatia: Agapito Borgonja Rožoljo (Istria) 2019
Serbia: Vinčić Molovin Inat (Fruška Gora) 2020 Vinčić
Slovenia: Pinterič  Modra Frankinja (Bizeljsko) 2022
Hungary and Slovakia Best of above, at the Grand Gold winners

Gold medal winners

  • Pinterič Modra Frankinja 2022 (SLO)
  • Riczu Kékfrankos (Villány) 2022 (HUN) 
  • Etyeki Kúria Borászat Kékfrankos (Sopron) 2020 (HUN) 
  • Agapito Rožljo Borgonja 2019 (CRO)
  • Stier Kékfrankos (Villány) 2017 (HUN)
  • Vina Jelenič Modra Frankinja Excellent 2017 (SLO)
  • Eszterbauer „Telihold” Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2023 (HUN)   
  • Varsányi Kékfrankos Superior Grand Selection (Eger) 2019 (HUN) 
  • Enosophia Miraz frankovka 2019 (CRO)
  • Jackfall Kékfrankos (Villány) 2018 (HUN)   
  • Kollwentz Ried Point 2022 (AUT)
  • Enosophia Lingua Franka 2020 (CRO)
  • Vesztergombi Porkoláb-völgy Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2022 (HUN)   
  • Heimann Szivem Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2021 (HUN)  
  • Molovin (Vinčić) Franovka Inat 2020 (SRB)
  • Damjanić Borgonja 2023 (CRO)
  • Vesztergombi Porkoláb-völgy Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2019 (HUN)  
  • Papak Frankovka 2018 (CRO)
  • Ernst Triebaumer Ried Gemark 2022 (AUT)
  • Vina Belje Frankovka Premium 2022 (CRO)
  • Prus Modra Frankinja Barrique 2016 (SLO)
  • Koch Kirschner Kékfrankos (Dunántúl) 2022 (HUN)   
  • Szemes Dél Kékfrankos Kopár-dűlő (Villány) 2021 (HUN) 
  • Kollwentz Blaufrankisch Leithakalk 2022 (AUT)
  • Stier Kékfrankos (Villány) 2018 (HUN)  
  • Esterhazy Blaufrankisch 2023 (AUT)
  • Káli Kövek Kékfrankos (Balaton) 2023 (HUN)   
  • Schieber Görögszó Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2022 (HUN)   
  • Vylyan Kékfrankos (Villány) 2023 (HUN)
  • Fyrmonia Kekfrankos – Frankovka Modra 2021 (SVK)
  • Schieber Trilógia Kékfrankos (Szekszárd) 2022 (HUN) 
  • Nittnaus Jungenberg 2021 2021 (AUT)
  • Trs Blaufrankisch 2020 (CRO)
  • Ernst Triebaumer Ried Oberer Wald 2022 (AUT)
  • Tűzkő Birtok Kékfrankos (Pannon) 2022 (HUN) 
  • Klet Krško Turn – Modra Frankinja Premium 2021 (SLO)
Zoltán Győrffy wine expert in Zagreb at Kékfrankos tasting
Zoltán Győrffy Hungarian wine expert in Zagreb at the Kékfrankos tasting

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