Sabar Wine House
Badacsony wine region, which is situated north of Lake Balaton, the largest lake of Europe, is not only a wine region of breathtaking beauty, but also one of the oldest wine growing areas of Hungary. Sabar Wine House, an ambitious, dynamically growing wine estate produces its volcanic wines here, in Badacsony region. The winery takes its name from Sabar Hill of 217 meters high, just near the village of Káptalantóti – it’s one of the smallest of the mountains of Balaton National Park, however regarding the terroir, it’s one of the best with great potential. The centre of Sabar estate, and the majority of its vineyards are located here.
Sabar Wine House was founded in 2009, and since then its territories have grown up to 7 hectares, and they have renewed and refilled two cellars of Sabar Hill with wine – ensuring that life would return to this wonderful hill of vineyards. Their terroir driven wines with good price–value ratio have been quickly noticed by the quality oriented wine consumers. The portfolio consists of two main branches: a fresh, crispy line and a more concentrated line of wines with more potential to be aged – but both line with great quality and cleanness.
Gábor Ádám, manager of Sabar Wine House offers unique wine experiences, and his aim is to create wines of outstanding quality, to contribute to the local community, and to work on the great reputation of Badacsony wine region. His enthusiastic team supports him fully in achieving these goals, and they make wines with peculiar characteristics, accompanied with the values and the tradition of the place, the beauty of the surroundings, the attractions and charm of the region. Their objective is not only to sell as many bottles as possible, but also to attract visitors to the venue and to share this unique feeling, the sense of terroir with them.
Web: www.sabar.hu
Importers: Belgium (Qwine), Poland (Wine Service Group), Slovakia (Beer&wine Depot PWR s.r.o.), UK (Novel Wines, The Wine Society)
Contact person:
Gábor Ádám
Tel.: +36-30-984-6540
Email: sabar@sabar.hu
“SABARISM”
It was not conscious at all. The concept of sabarism simply developed somehow and also the name came from you. After a long night spent on the wine terrace, a guest of ours texted us this word. We found it nice and funny, so we started using it in our everyday lives, and at this point, we may be able to finally define what it really means.
We have been a small winery for ten years, with great plans and great wines. Many of you have been regular visitors to Sabar Hill almost from the beginning, and some of you even take our wines with you to ski. 🙂 More and more people like spending time here with a growing family and a growing circle of friends, and sometimes you celebrate important anniversaries with us. When you are here, it is like spending college years together. The most essential thing is being together, laugh and share experiences, just like back in school. This is what sabarism means to us. Relaxed and cheerful moments, days, tearful laughs, emotions, tranquility.
We know you, sabarists.
We don’t know your biographical information, but we know how good it feels to ease up here after a hard week. Or to just lay your eyes on the clouds for long minutes. To drink a few glasses of wine that flows into your body like the water of life. To talk with strangers for hours, then think of them as friends on the way home. And then to wait for another day to come when we can catch up right where we’d left off in the world of Sabar, a peaceful place without the evergoing competition of the outside world.
Sabarism is a trend that brings human well-feeling, the joy of spending time together, laughing and relaxing without social glaze, back into fashion again.
Wines
Rhine Riesling Hercegföld 2024
Sun-warmed wind from Lake Balaton, the surface is steel blue, tranquility all around. Your eyes rest on the horizon, your Riesling is in hand. Golden green, brilliant in the glass, the colour perfectly suits the blue of the distance and the idyllic mood created by the noble, gracious wine. The overwhelming calmness is spiced up by a hint of awakening spring with yellow flesh tropical fruits and vibrant, zesty acidity. The lovely bitterness in the finish makes you stay and by now you know that you want to share this wine with someone special.
Olaszrizling Sabar (Single Vineyard), 2024
What does SABAR grape taste? The structure of the smallest witness mountain has evolved into a clay soil of historic value during the times, and it is almost identical with the cell structure of a wine lover thirsty for toasting with wine – at least we like believing so. We are like our land, absorbing the life-giving humidity and swallowing the golden rays of the sun with greed. Crispy green apple, herbs, apricot stone. After 9 years we have arrived again.
Rhine Riesling 1976, 2024
This wine captures you. Familiar and mystic, savage, yet makes you feel calm. The scent grabs you immediately and the body more than is attractive as well. Moves in a tempting way, invites you to dance. You let it take the lead, because you know that it takes you back in time… A Riesling of spontaneity. Hot tropical fruits, cooling citrus sorbet, chamomile and a touch of saltiness. “But it’s just a wine” – you might say. No! It is 1976.
Kisherceg Rhine Riesling, 2024
Olaszrizling Birtokbor (‘Estate Wine’), 2024
Vanilla, apricot, yellow meadow flowers, honeyed scents. Taste it, and the vibrant, lively springlike notes will wake up your rusty tasting buds! Your cheeks might blush, your sight becomes clear. Surrender to the moment, nothing is more important now than this enthusiastic sip of wine. It makes you the partner in crime. This is our estate wine and this is our estate.
Birtok Vörös (‘Estate Red’) 2022
Tomaj 2024 – Badacsony blended
Borbély Family Winery blended Kéknyelű, the iconic and unique Badacsony grape variety with Rózsa
“Red Balaton” – Oraculum Pinot by Borbély from Badacsony
Vibrant nose with red berry fruits and a touch of vanilla and clove. Ethereal, lighter body, easy dr
Winelovers 100 grand tasting in Budapest on 14 September
On 14 September the wine enthusiast public can meet the producers of many WWA medal-winner wines and
