Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety: 100% Kékfrankos

Alcohol content: 12.5%

Acidity: 5.1 g/l

Residual sugar: 2.1 g/l

Terroir, vineyard: Among all our Kékfrankos plantings Bati Kereszt is the most protected plot where ripening and harvest are delayed by 2-3 weeks compared to other vineyards. The prolonged growing season adorns the wines with typically delicate, floral aromas.

Vineyard management: Carefully planned, low intervention protection of the vineyard. Herbicides and insecticides are avoided (certified organic conversion started in 2020. Manual shoot and bunch selection. Average yield: 6 tons / hectare.

Harvest: Hand harvest in 15 kg boxes on 28 September 2018.

Technology: Spontaneous fermentation in a stainless steel fermenter. Delicate extraction with daily 2x pump-over. Pressed without pumping after 27 days of skin contact. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Barrel aging for 8 months in large, 1000 litre Hungarian barrels. Estate bottled without fining and filtration.

Quality level: Single vineyard wine of limited quantity.

Temperature: 16 °C

Food pairing: Dishes made of piglet, pork and lamb, red flesh game poultry, duck and goose. Pairs well with plates garnished with fruit, beetroot, red cabbage or sweet potato.

Available quantity: 2.000–4.000 bottles / year

Retail price:  19.50 euros

Wine reviews:  JancisRobinson.com: 17.5 p, WineAnorak.com: 94 p, Vinography.com: 9–9.5

Importers: USA: Danch&Granger Selections (California), Knit Wines (New York), Canada: Rezin (Quebec), Germany: K&U Weinhalle (Nürnberg), Naturgenuss GmbH, Weinhandlung Suff (Berlin) BorStore.de, Weingenuss aus Ungarn (online), Denmark: Løgismose, The Netherlands: Anfors-Imperial, Belgium: Roi de Rois, Russia: Lion Wine, Poland: NaWino