Type of wine: Dry, white,

Grape varieties: Riesling

Alcohol: 14%

Acidity: 5.6 g/L

Residual sugar: 4.9 g/L

Terroir, vineyard: Tényő

Technology: Spontaneous fermentation, Hungarian oak barrel ageing on the fine lees for 12 months.

Serving temperature: 14 °C

Food pairing: Pairs well with roasted poultry, pork dishes, creamy sauces, aged cheeses, and subtly spiced Asian cuisine.

Bottled quantity: 650 bottles

Cellar webshop retail price: 27 EUR

Story: This wine is not produced every year, as it is harvested at the end of October and depends on whether the thin-skinned Riesling berries survive the usually rainy autumn period. It is a source of many sleepless nights for us. When we harvest this wine, we are usually the last producer in the entire wine region still picking Riesling grapes.

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Grape varieties: Merlot

Alcohol: 14%

Acidity: 5.2 g/l

Residual sugar: 1.2 g/l

Extract: 29.9 g/l

Technology: Fermentation and maturation in stainless steel tank.

Terroir, vineyard: Villány wine region

Serving temperature: 16–18 °C

Cellar webshop retail price: 2999 HUF / 7–8 EUR

Awards: Decanter World Wines Awards – silver medal

Story about the label here

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Grape varieties: Tramini 33%, Szürkebarát 33%, Sárgamuskotály 33%

Terroir, vineyard: Paloznak: Sáfránkert (Permian red sandstone), Hajnóczy (marn, limestone) and Gölye-Mál (Permian red sandstone, clay)

Protection of origin category: Balatonfüred-Csopak PDO

Technology: The vineyard management is going through organic transition. After hand harvesting in September, immediate processing was followed by fermentation and maturation in stainless steel for 6 months.

Bottled quantity: 4400

Retail price in Hungary: 8-10 €

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 5,3 g/l

Extract: 20,4 g/l

Residual sugar: 0 g/l

Story, awards previous vintages: a brand new wine in the Homola Paloznak portfolio

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Grape varieties: Cabernet Franc and Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch), approximately 50-50%

Alcohol: 13%

Acidity: 4.9 g/L

Residual sugar: 5.8 g/L

Extract: 24.9 g/L

Terroir, vineyard: All the grape comes from our own vineyard on Sabar hill, from a single, 1.5-hectare plot with about 0.9 hectares Kékfrankos and 0.6 hectares Cabernet Franc.

Harvest and technology: Both varieties were harvested on the same day, on 29 September. The grapes were soaked on the skin for about two weeks with constant pumping over. After pressing half of it remained in stainless steel tank, while the other half went to barrels of different size and age to obtain a fruit driven wine. Bottling took place at the very end of July.

Serving temperature: 13–14 °C

Bottled quantity: 3684 bottles

Cellar webshop retail price: 4500 HUF / 11–12 EUR

Story of the label: As Gábor Ádám owner explained, the label is based on a black and white photo taken in 1940 in a vineyard on Sabar hill. A friend found the photo in the family archive, and the picture features a jolly picnic. In the background of the photo, we can see the old bush vines of the era.

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Grape varieties: Olaszrizling 90%, Riesling 10%

Terroir, vineyard: Paloznak: Sáfránkert (red sandstone), Hajnóczy (marl, limestone)

Protection of origin category: Balatonfüred-Csopak PDO

Technology: The vineyard management is going through organic transition. After hand harvesting in September, immediate processing was followed by fermentation and maturation in stainless steel and 500 l barrels. Only natural yeast of the grapes were used.

Bottled quantity: 8000

Retail price in Hungary: 10-12 €

Alcohol: 12,9%

Acidity: c.a. 6 g/l

Residual sugar: 1,2 g/l

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Grape variety: Sauvignon Blanc

Terroir, vineyard: Southern-Balaton (Balatonlelle)

Protection of origin category: Balatonmelléki PGI

Technology: After hand harvesting, the grapes were immediatelly processed, followed by fermentation in low temperature partly in stainless steel tanks, partly in "Speidel-eggs" on fine broom. The wine was bottled after 6-month-long maturation in order to provide a balance and roundness to it.

Bottled quantity: 12000

Retail price in Hungary: 8-10 €

Alcohol: 13%

Acidity: 6 g/l

Residual sugar: 1,7 g/l

Extract: 20,3 g/l

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Grape varieties: 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc

Alcohol: 14.89% vol.

Acidity: 5.2 g/l

Residual sugar: 2.9 g/l

Extract: 29.7 g/l

Vineyard: Babszökő

Soil: Brown woodland soil with red clay

Exposure: Plateau with south slopes

Plantation: 2003-2004

Density: 5210 vines/ha

Training: Guyot, low cordon

Harvest: Between 11 and 13 October 2023

Vinification: After being destemmed, the grapes were fermented in 60 hl stainless steel tanks. The fermentation took place on a temperature of 30-32°C during the first 10 days of the long skin contact. The wine was aged in new and secondly used mostly Hungarian and in a tiny part American 228-litre-barrels for 19 months.

Serving temperature: 17–18°C

Optimal consumption: 2025–2035

Food pairing: Recommended to be served at festive occasions or to be matched to dishes prepared with game or other dark meat.

Bottled quantity: 16 000 bottles

Retail price on winery webshop: 17 500 HUF / 48-49 euro

Story: INFUSIO has been the name of the wine of special events and feasts on the table of the Archabbey Pannonhalma for centuries. This tradition, reaching back to the Middle Ages, gives even today a contribution to celebrations. We have written records already from the beginning of the 18^th century that the Benedictine monks of Pannonhalma divided their wines into three categories: the term “servant-wine” meant the wine obtained from the manorial deliveries; the “convent-wine” was used at the holy masses and served onto the table of the fathers at the meals while the “infusio” referred to the prime category.

The latter did not designate a certain variety but the best quality wine consumed by the members of the order during big celebrations and prominent events served from the bottle into the glasses. This custom explains easily the use of the Latin word “infusio” meaning “infuse”.

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Grape varieties: Olaszrizling

Alcohol: 13%

Acidity: 4.7 g/L

Residual sugar: 0.5 g/L

Extract: 21.3 g/L

Terroir, vineyard: Badacsony wine region

Technology: Hand harvest, manual vineyard management. Cold fermentation and ageing in stainless steel.

Serving temperature: 10–12 ºC

Bottled quantity: 4072 bottles

Cellar webshop retail price: 2900 HUF / 7.5 EUR

Story: The label was designed by the enthusiastic little kids of Zöldfenyő kindergarten.

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Grape varieties: Kékfrankos

Alcohol: 12.5%

Acidity: 5.4 g/L

Residual sugar: 2.3 g/L

Extract: 20.9 g/L

Terroir, vineyard: Badacsony wine region

Technology: Hand harvest, manual vineyard management. Cold fermentation and ageing in stainless steel.

Serving temperature: 10–12 ºC

Bottled quantity: 3255 bottles

Cellar webshop retail price: 2900 HUF / 7.5 EUR

Story: The label was designed by the enthusiastic little kids of Zöldfenyő kindergarten.

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