Grape variety: 100% Sárgamuskotály (Muscat à petit grains)

Alcohol content: 12%

Acidity: 6.5 g/l

Residual sugar: 77.2 g/l

Terroir, vineyard: 100% Nyulászó (1st class, historically classified cru)

Harvest: October 2016

Vintage: After a quiet winter period, a dry and warm spring and rainy days arriving in the middle of the summer we knew that 2016 will be a vintage full of challenges. Harvest started on August 1st, in a parcel of Holdvölgy Cru. The rainy season continued in October, but thanks to the precise year-round viticultural work, we were able to harvest high quality and quantity of bunches both for dry and sweet wines even in this difficult vintage.

Technology: Pressing after 5 hours of maceration, fermentation in stainless steel, ageing in barrel for 6 months

Temperature: 11–12 °C

Produced quantity: 4792 bottles

Informative retail price: 24 euros

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Type of the wine: White, sweet

Grape variety: Furmint, Muscat Blanc

Acidity: 7.7 g/L

Alcohol: 11.4%

Residual sugar: 93 g/L

Terroir, vineyard:  Öreg király vineyard (Mád, Tálya)

Training system:  Low cordon

Harvest: Hand harvested

Technology: Furmint makes up 65 per cent of this sweet blend, bringing the acidity for great balance and drinkability to this wine whose nose is dominated by the aromas of Sárgamuskotály [Muscat Blanc]. Mostly fermented in a steel tank, with 20 per cent in oak, this slightly botrytised wine is one of our first releases from the outstanding 2021 vintage.

Quality level:  Basic

Temperature:  10 °C

Food pairing:  A great pair of pancakes, mousse desserts, but also recommended as aperitif or enjoy it by itself.

Available quantity:  N/A

Retail price:  14-15 euro

Story:  The wine family named ‘Egy kis’ (‘A Little’) targets winelovers at the beginning of their wine education, who still wish to taste great quality wines. “Easy to fall in love with” wine with baskets of fruit. Fresh and lovely entry level wines to enter consumers in the world of serious fine wines.

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