The very first new vintage wine

Harvest took place on the 6th of August and the wine is here in less than a month! Kurt István Taschner wine producer has been the first to release Irsai for some years, what is more, the wine is a frequent winner of the contest of new vintage wines. Featherlight, juicy, flavoursome – the newest Hungarian wine is on the shelves!

Have you not heard of Irsai Olivér grape?

Here is what you need to know: Irsai Olivér grape is planted widely in Hungary due to its popularity. Wonderful examples of the grape are produced in Kunság region, where the best winemakers can hold in check the aromatic character of the variety. Also popular in Mátra, Balaton, Etyek–Buda, Neszmély, Sopron.

Ripening early, it gives a very aromatic, intense wine with grapey aromas, delicate spices. Easy drinking wine with medium-low acidity and alcohol, almost always vinified reductively for instant consumption.

Irsai Olivér is a crossing between Pozsonyi Fehér and Csabagyöngye created by Pál Kocsis in 1930. There are several legends of the naming of the grape, one says that Kocsis was a passionate gambler and he gave away the name of the crossing due to his massive debt, but the truth is likely to be much simpler: Irsai Olivér was of the son of a respected wine merchant friend of Kocsis.

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