Beaujolais-like wine in Villány style

„Vylyan’s Bogyólé, a fresh, fruity red that puns upon the name of the most famous vin nouveau (with proper Hungarian pronunciation, the name sounds more or less like “Beaujolais,” though with a couple of noticeably longer vowels)” – as we could read on Vinepair.com American wine & spirit online publication in 2019.

Not only the pronunciation of ’Bogyólé’ resembles Beaujolais, but the vinificiation method is similar, too. Just like the French wine for fresh consumption, this refreshing, fruity wine by Vylyan is also made with carbonic maceration, when the fermentation takes place within the berries.
Vylyan Vineyard and Winery is famous for its relation with art from the artistic barrels exhibited around the cellar to the series of short stories and poems written for Vylyan wines.
For Bogyólé label Vylyan announces a contest for young artists every year. The winner of the 21st edition is Anna Dorottya Sztyehlik, a talented young art student from Széchenyi University (the winner label is in our cover photo). This year contestants – unlike in former years – were given a theme and they had to create their label designs matching the theme “Breathing Jungle”. The winner label perfectly expresses how nature pulsates in wine, it is as lively and colourful as the colours and figures of the label. “If you look at the label thoroughly, you will discover a grape berry in the mouth of the tiger and the toucan each, expressing the joy of living.” – commented Mónika Debreczeni, the owner of Vylyan.

All the awarded labels and the artists (from left to right)

Memories of Hungary wine selection

Last week we published a piece praising the wine selection of Heinemann Duty Free shop at Budapest Airport. Our article was a top read writing and we received some comments as well. A reader of ours suggested to take a closer look at the other shop with wines at the airport, called Memories of Hungary – so we did.

Beaujolais Nouveau, the French new wine will arrive this Thursday, however its little Hungarian sister, Bogyólé has already been released. The new wine of Vylyan Vineyard and Winery is made with the same procedure as Beaujolais Nouveau, and the label is designed by a different young artist every year.

 

Carbonic maceration for the infinite fruitiness

Just in case Beaujolais Nouveau, for Bogyólé the grape bunches are intact and ferment under carbon dioxide. Does the name resembles the French one? Yes, it sounds alike, and the word means ‘Berry Juice’. Vylyan has made Bogyólé for 16 years, and this year the result is again a playful, charming, easy-to-drink wine with a bit less tannins than usual.

 

A bohemian flamingo spreading happiness

The estate announces a label contest every year, this year 205 designs arrived from 11 art schools. The winner is Katinka Laura Győri from The University of Fine Arts with her joyful, bohemian pink flamingo. The label expresses the light hearted atmosphere – the happy feeling of enjoying Bogyólé is perfectly manifested in the picture. Bogyólé is made of 85% Zweigelt and 25% Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch). “As a nouveau wine, the first wine from 2020 also brings about the typical new wine character that is so popular: zesty, lively, cheerful, explosively fruity: full of scents and aromas of raspberry, red berries and rum punch. It feels easy to drink and spreads happiness.”

More about Bogyólé and other Vylyan wines

American wine & spirit online publication, Vinepair dedicated a detailed analysis to „new wines” with the title „Beyond Beaujolais: The Short, Happy Lives of Europe’s Other Nouveau Wines”. Evan Rail examined the new wine scenery in France, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and for the latter one he contacted Hungarianwines.eu. „Vylyan’s Bogyólé, a fresh, fruity red that puns upon the name of the most famous vin nouveau (with proper Hungarian pronunciation, the name sounds more or less like “Beaujolais,” though with a couple of noticeably longer vowels)” – as we can read in Vinepair article. By now Bogyólé has been sold out, but we can still enjoy many new vintage wines!

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Not only the pronunciation of ’Bogyólé’ resembles Beaujolais, but the vinificiation method is similar, too. Just like the French wine for fresh consumption, this refreshing, fruity wine by Vylyan is also made with carbonic maceration, when the fermentation takes place within the berries. Vylyan Vineyard and Winery is famous for its relation with art from the artistic barrels exhibited around the cellar to the new set of short stories and poems written for Vylyan wines (you can find the whole amazing wine & literature & visual art project here). For Bogyólé label Vylyan announces a contest for young artists every year. The winner of the 15th edition is Anett Eszteró, a talented yound art student from Metropolitan University, Budapest (on the right side of the photo). Now a limited edition package is available with 6 bottles of Bogyólé, of course all from vintage 2019, but the labels are winners from the previous years. ’Bogyólé Retro Pack’ is available until the end of November from the winery’s webshop.

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