Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety: 100% Merlot

Acidity:  5.6 g/l

Alcohol: 14.39% vol

Residual sugar: 1.2 g/l

Terroir, vineyard: Villány

Harvest: Hand harvest

Technology: After nearly one month of skin contact only the free run juice went to the stainless steel tank. Then after malolactic fermentation barrel ageing took place: partially in 500L, first use barrel for 20 months and partially in 225L, first use barrels for 33 months. Bottled after fining, filtering and stabilizing.

Quality level: Premium Selection

Temperature: 17 °C

Food pairing: Pairs well with pork loin, lamb and duck dishes and it is also worth trying with blue cheese.

Available quantity: 0.75 l: 3000 bottles, Magnum: 700 bottles

Retail price:  € 32,00 ex VAT

Story:2021 Grand Gold + Revelation Red wine – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

Importers: China, Switzerland, Japan

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Type of the wine: White, Dry

Grape variety:  100% Rhine Riesling

Sugar / Alcohol / Acidity:  Dry / 6.1 g/l / 14.0 % / 5.7 g /l

Terroir, vineyard:  : 'Kezdet' vineyard, Badacsony mountain (South–South-West lying vineyard cultivated by Villa Sandahl).

Training system:
– Medium–high cordon, short pruning.
– Serious yield control: 1.5 kg / vine on the average.
– Hand harvest, harvest date is adjusted to full phenolic ripeness.  (09.10.2015, 12.10.2015 and 13.10.2015)

Technology:
– Fermentation at controlled, low temperature (starting with 6 °C and closing with 15 °C).
- Whole bunch pressing.
- Blend of the 1st and 2nd fractions of pressings from the upper and lower parcels of Kezdet vineyard.
- Yeast selected for Rhine Riesling is used.
- Slow fermentation of 3 months in stainless steel vats (from pressing until bottling).

Quality level:  This wine belongs to the 'Mid range' level, which is always the blending of the best must franctions, in this case exclusively from Kezdet vineyard. The two parts of the vineyard complement each other perfectly: the lower parcels of Kezdet vineyard represent the fruity character, while the upper parcels give grapes with more pronounced minerality.

Temperature:  12 – 15 °C

Food pairing:  Fish, spicy Asian meat and pasta dishes.

Available quantity:  400 bottles

Retail price:  Webshop retail price: 5900 HUF. / Take away retail price in cellar: 5.700 HUF / 16-18 Euros

Story:  The labels are designed by one of the owners, Christer Sandahl, and he introduces a new, unique concept year by year, the labels are never repeated. Labels of vintage 2015 are created to express the aromas and flavours during bottling. When Wet stones 2015 was bottled, it reminded us of wet basalt stones indeed. In 2015 high quality botrytis appeared in some of our vineyards, thus our winemaker did not remove the botrytised berries, they add another shade to the colour of this wine.

Imported to: Sweden, Italy

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Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety:   60% Cabernet Franc, 40% Merlot

Sugar / Alcohol:  0 g/l 12,5 %

Terroir, vineyard:  Szekszárd wine region, Kerékhegy and Bodzás vineyards

Training system:  Cordon

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: Controlled fermentation in stainless steel tank, oak maturation for 12 months in barrique.

Quality level:  Classic label, medium level

Temperature:  14-18 °C

Food pairing:  Complex, elaborated plates with root vegetables.

Available quantity:  10.000 bottles

Retail price:  EX CELLAR PRICE UPON REQUEST, RETAIL PRICE 13 EUROS

Story: Turul is a mythological bird of prey, a symbol of Hungary. We were among the first in Szekszárd to use barrique for maturation. 1994 was the first vintage to be aged in small barrel. Our careful steps of getting to know the characteristics of barrique began with 3 barrels. Back in those days this style of vinification was rather unknown in the Hungarian wine trade. We believe that wines aged in barrique must never be dominated by notes of wood and toasting over the natural character of the wine. Turul 2015 won gold medal at Mundus Vini 2017.

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Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety:   Kékfrankos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Kadarka

Sugar / Alcohol:  0 g/l 12,5 %

Terroir, vineyard:  Szekszárd wine region, Szarvas crest, Bodzás, Kerékhegy, Hidaspetre vineyards

Training system:  Cordon

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: Controlled fermentation in stainless steel tank, oak maturation for 20–24 months in large oak (10–50hl).

Quality level:  Classic label, medium level

Temperature:  14-18 °C

Food pairing:  Hungarian meals containing onion and paprika; rich roasts; cheese such as the Dutch Basiron, the Spanish Los Cameros, Port Salut and other semi-soft cheese.

Available quantity:  10.000 bottles

Retail price:  EX CELLAR PRICE UPON REQUEST, RETAIL PRICE 8 EUROS

Story: The winery has made Bikavér since 1991 with more or less the same proportion of the varieties. The first Bikavér was released in 1993, the year when Ferenc Vesztergombi was awarded the prestigious title “Winemaker of the Year”.

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Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety:   Kékfrankos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Pinot Noir

Sugar / Alcohol:  NA g/l 13 %

Terroir, vineyard:  NA

Training system:  Guyot

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: The base wines matured in barrels (10 HL or smaller) for more than a year before blending and bottling.

Quality level:  Premium wine

Temperature:  14 - 16 C°

Food pairing:  Ideal with dishes of Italian cuisine: pasta with spicy ground meat, risotto with rucola or pasta with basil.

Available quantity:  NA BOTTLES

Retail price:  3.750 HUF / 10–11 EUROS

Story:  This flagship wine of the cellar was made first in 1992. The 2003 vintage of this wine was selected the Best value Hungarian wine by a Master of Wine delegation.

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Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety:   Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Sugar / Alcohol / Acidity:  1.5 g/l / 14.40 v/v % / 5.4 g/l

Terroir, vineyard: Tűzkő Domb vineyard (Mórágy village), 16 year old vines

Training system:  Guyot

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: Moderate barrique maturation and then long bottle ageing.

Quality level:  Premium wine

Temperature:  16 - 18 C°

Food pairing:  Vension dishes, red meat and desserts made with chocolate and sour cherry

Available quantity:  3.300 BOTTLES

Retail price:  4.990 HUF / 14–15 EUROS

Story:  The icon wine of the winery following the classic Bordeaux style and made only in exceptional vintages. The grape comes from a low yield single vineyard called Tűzkő Hill. This harmonious, full bodied, yet spicy and vibrant wine was born from the revival of traditions. Gold medal winner of several national and international competitions.

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Type of the wine: Red, Dry

Grape variety:   Cabernet Franc 100%

Sugar / Alcohol:  2,8 g/l 13,41 %

Terroir, vineyard:  Mőcsény

Training system:  Guyot

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: Matured in 300 litre barrique and kept in stainless steel.

Quality level:  Premium wine

Temperature:  16 - 18 C°

Food pairing:  Vension dishes

Available quantity:  2.000 BOTTLES

Retail price:  3.990 HUF / 12–13 EUROS

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Grape varieties: Kadarka 

Alcohol: 13.5 % 

Acidity: 5.6 g/l 

Residual sugar: 1.3 g/l 

Extract: 35.8 g/l 

Technology: The grapes were harvested in a vineyard with significantly reduced yield. The wine fermented in wooden barrels for several months.. 

Serving temperature: 18–20°C 

Food pairing: An ideal match with lamb or red flesh poultry.

Cellar webshop retail price: 5599 HUF

Story: Thanks to the weather in 2015, we were able to pick our grapes on the 29th of September. The wine has the typical „Kadarka” tone in its colour,  and the charming nose is also characteristic of the variety. This wine with exciting and unique palate has an ageing potential of many years.

Awards: Decanter World Wine Awards 2023: Silver medal
…and several national awards 

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Type of the wine: white, dry

Grape variety:  100% pinot gris

Sugar / Alcohol / Acidity / Extract:  1,2 g/l / 12,5% / 5,7 g/l Ph: 3,41 / 21 g/l

Terroir, vineyard:  ÖREG-HEGY (‘OLD’ HILL IN BADACSONYÖRS), BADACSONY MOUNTAIN

Training system:  High Cordon

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: The wine was fermented and matured for half a year in lightly roasted 500 litre oak barrel.

Quality level:  ESTATE WINE

Temperature:  10 – 12 °C

Food pairing:  Ideal company of fish, poultry and slightly spiced pork.

Available quantity:  1.500 Bottles

Retail price:  2.190 HUF / 6–7 EUROS

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Type of the wine: Red, dry

Grape variety: 60% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Acidity / alcohol content: 5,4 g/l 13.5%

Terroir, vineyard:  Szekszárd wine region

Training system:  NA

Harvest: NA

Technology:  Manual bunch selection. Each variety fermented reductively in separate stainless steel vats and then matured for 12 months in oak barrels, in case of Cabernet Franc for 14 months. The best portions of each variety blended to discover the achieve optimal harmony of aroma and flavour.

Quality level:  Premium level

Temperature:  13-14 °C

Available quantity:  NA BOTTLES

Retail price:  3.200 HUF / 9 EUROS

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