Type of the wine: White, Dry

Grape variety:  100% Rhine Riesling

Sugar / Alcohol / Acidity:  Dry / 7.2 g/l / 13.5 % / 5.4 g /l

Terroir, vineyard:  The upper part of ‘Kezdet’ vineyard on 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 (at the end of October).

Technology: – Fermentation at controlled, low temperature (starting with 6 °C and closing with 15 °C).
– Whole bunch pressing.
– Made of the first, cleanest fraction of pressings (from 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 ‘Rare peak’ level, which is our premium grade, the highest level of the estate.

Temperature:  12 – 15 °C

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

Available quantity:  1800 bottles

Retail price:  Webshop retail price: 11.900 HUF. / Take away retail price in cellar: 11.400 HUF / 34-36 Euros

Story:  The No1 wine of the estate from vintage 2018. From this vintage the top category wines of the estate are provided with a black capsule with golden letters of ‘SANDAHL’. 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. Each label of vintage 2018 depicts a road sign.

Imported to: Sweden, Italy