Találkozás 2023
Type of wine: Dry, White
Grape varieties: 2/3 Rhine Riesling, 1/3 Olaszrizling (Welshriesling)
Alcohol: 13%
Acidity: 4.9 g/L
Residual sugar: 5.8 g/L
Extract: 24.9 g/L
Terroir, vineyard: The grape for this wine comes from 3 locations of Badacsony wine region: Olaszrizling was harvested on Bács-hill, while the Rhine Riesling is partially from Badacsony mountain, the rest is from Ábrahámhegy.
Technology: Some part of the Rhine Riesling was harvested in October with botrytis. Olaszrizling was aged in 13-year-old, 500 L Hungarian oak barrel, half of the Rhine Riesling matured in barrel as well, while the rest of it aged in stainless steel.
Serving temperature: 11–12 °C
Bottled quantity: 2113 bottles
Cellar webshop retail price: 4900 HUF / 12–13 EUR
Story: ‘Találkozás’ means ‘Encounter’ in Hungarian, it refers to the ‘encounter’ of grapes of three different vineyards, of three different ripening phases. And the name also refers to those moments of life, when we meet someone important for the first time. “As if you have met her a thousand times, yet you fall in love with her again when she whispers: see you on Sabar hill, let’s meet there!”
For Gábor Ádám, the owner of Sabar Wine House, personal meetings, “out of the blue” new friendships have special importance, this is why he created the concept of “Sabarism”, a community of like-minded people.