Grape varieties: Irsai Olivér and Generosa

Wine region: Kunság

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 6.6 g/L

Residual sugar: 3.1g/L

Extract: 22.9 g/L

Technology: Stainless steel tank

Serving temperature: 8–10°C

Food pairing: Welcome drink, fish and chicken breast dishes, cheese

Bottled quantity: 50.000 bottles

Retail price: 1600 HUF / 5 euro

Story: A blend of two Hungarian grape varieties. Generosa is a cross between Ezerjó  and Piros Tramini, while Irsai Olivér is a crossing between Pozsonyi Fehér and Csabagyöngye. Generosa is itself rare to find even in Hungary, while this blend is absolutely unique, invented by the Frittmanns.

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Grape varieties:

Wine region: Kunság

Alcohol: 12 %

Acidity: 5.2 g/L

Residual sugar: 1.2 g/L

Extract: 25.5 g/L

Technology: Fermentation and maturation un stainless steel tank

Serving temperature: 8–10°C

Food pairing: Hot or cold appetizers and savouries

Bottled quantity: 80.000 bottles

Retail price: 1600 HUF / 5 euro

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Grape varieties: Kékfrankos

Wine region: Kunság

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 5.8 g/L

Residual sugar: 1.9 g/L

Extract: 21.9 g/L

Technology: Stainless steel tank

Serving temperature: 8–10°C

Food pairing: Hot or cold appetizers and savouries

Bottled quantity: 80.000 bottles

Retail price: 1600 HUF / 5 euro

Story: From the Middle Ages onwards, the name Fränkisch was given to several high-quality varieties, indicating their superiority over the inferior Heunisch varieties. One of these high-quality varieties might have been Blaufränkisch, whose name did not appear until 1862 at a grape-variety exhibition in Wien. In Hungary, the variety was first mentioned in 1890 under the name Kékfrankos, the literal translation of Blaufränkisch.
Dark-skinned, dark-fruited Austro-Hungarian variety. Vigorous, early budding and late ripening, thus needing a relatively warm climate. It is susceptible to downy and powdery mildews. Its wine is ritch in fruits and acidity. Kékfrankos can give elegant wines with long ageing potential.

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Grape varieties: Irsai Olivér

Wine region: Kunság

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 5.9 g/L

Residual sugar: 2.8g/L

Extract: 21.4 g/L

Technology: Stainless steel tank

Serving temperature: 8–10°C

Food pairing: With spicy meals or poulty roast. Also worth trying with fruit desserts.

 Bottled quantity: 100.000 bottles

Retail price: 1600 HUF / 5 euro

Story: Irsai Olivér is a Hungarian grape variety. It 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. The grandson of Irsi Olivér is a university student now in Szeged. 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.

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Grape varieties: Generosa

Wine region: Kunság

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 6.2 g/L

Residual sugar: 2 g/L

Extract: 22.5 g/L

Technology: Stainless steel tank

Serving temperature: 8–10°C

Food pairing: Poultry and fish dishes

Bottled quantity: 30.000 bottles

Retail price: 1600 HUF / 5 euro

Story: The Portugese Generosa is a cross between Fernao Pires and Sultana Moscata, and planted in less than 1 hectare. The Hungarian Generosa is a cross as well, but between Ezerjó (important in Mór and Kunság wine regions) and Piros Tramini (Savagnin Rose). This pink-berried cross was obtained in 1951 by Bíró Károly in Hungary, tested since 1976 by Edit Hajdú at the Kecskemét viticulture research centre, and finally christened Generosa in 2004. Generosa resist winter, its buds survive severe frost. It has relatively high yield, and resistant to rot and powdery mildew. Its wine has aromas of that of the flower of the vine, juicy, grapey with vivid, crispy acidity.

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