Spice up your Christmas from the Winelovers Webshop

Hungarianwines.eu — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:35:23 +0000

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We still have a week until Christmas, and if the wines arrive next week, they will also warm you up in the whole Christmas holiday. Winelovers Webshop has probably the largest selection of Hungarian wines with more than 1700 wines from 220 wineries. Check out shipment costs here. In a recent article Borászportál, the online wine magazine of Winelovers Webshop we could learn about the spicy nature of certain black grapes and their wines. Let us introduce 3 spices with 3 wines!

Black Pepper – Eszterbauer Grand

One of our most popular spices, black pepper appears on the nose of certain varieties like Syrah, Grenach or Sangiovese due to the “piperin”, a chemical compound. Black pepper aromas are positive in a wine review unlike green pepper aromas, which are typical of unripened Cabernet wines.
– Eszterbauer Grand 2017, Szekszárd
Winelovers Wine Awards international wine contest took place in June and the results were announced in July. The best red wine of the competition is Eszterbauer Grand 2017 from Szekszárd with the highest score: 92 points. ‘Grand’ is the top red blend of Szekszárd producers only in the best vintages with at least 25% Kékfrankos in the blend (with Cabernet Sauvignon, Franc and Merlot in Eszterbauer Grand). Eszterbauer Grand is a very special wine – it places the crown on a sumptuous Sunday meal.
Noble, subtle nose showing elegant barrel notes, ripened red fruits and black pepper. A layered, deep, concentrated and balanced wine with plum, cherry, aour cherry and dark chocolate.
Order Eszterbauer Grand 2017

Clove – Koch Premium Cabernet Sauvignon

Clove is a typical “sweet spice” adding the sensation of sweetness in the wine. Eugenol is a phenol compound present both in the clove and the oak, therefore wines with significant oak ageing usually bear some clove notes.
– Koch Cabernet Sauvignon Premium 2012, Hajós–Baja
The winery’s vineyard has an ideal location, and the low yield from the relatively high number of vines gave the best quality fruit which matured for a long time in oak barrel and bottle to reach its really premium quality. A 10 year old wine with wonderful, exciting aromas, sweet spices – mainly clove – and flavours. Velvety tannins make the experience of tasting this wine complete.
Order Koch Cabernet Sauvignon Premium 2012

Cinnamon – Günzer Ördögárok 2017

One of the most popular Christmas spices, cinnamon contains ethyl cinnamate, an “ester” that is present in many wines. Certainly cinnamon notes can come from the toasting of the oak barrel as well.
– Günzer Ördögárok 2017, Villány
A single vineyard wine from ‘Ördögárok’ (‘The Devil’s Dench’) made of Merlot (60 %), Cabernet Franc (30 %) and Cabernet Sauvignon (10 %). It is made only in exceptional vintages like 2017. The varieties are harvested and fermented in different occasions but malolactic fermentation takes place after blending. The wine is aged in new and used Hungarian oak for 24 barrels. After the blending of the barrels a few more months of ageing takes place in stainless steel and it is released after another year in bottle. Ripened red fruits and sweet spices are abundant in the wine – a typical Christmas wine.

Order Günzer Ördögárok 2017

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Christmas wine: Jammertal Ars Poetica Pinot Noir 2017

Hungarianwines.eu — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:03:05 +0000

We recommend an exciting wine every day until Christmas to help you find the ideal ones as a present or for the Christmas table. All of the recommended wines are of great quality, have a story and available in several countries. We will explain what the wine is made of and how, why do we suggest it and where you can buy for how much. Our first wine is Jammertal Ars Poetica Pinot Noir 2017 from Villány.

What
100% Pinot Noir – a variety rare to find in the southernmost wine region of Hungary. It needs extra attention and should be planted carefully to avoid the extra heat and the record amount of sunny hours.

How
50% of the wine matured in 500L, medium toast, second use French oak, while 50% aged in stainless steel. Oak ageing took 12–15 months.

Why
We managed to taste it recently and we can recommend this elegant, balanced, exciting wine from the bottom of our heart. “The nose opens with dark chocolate, dried sour cherry and sweet spices – like clove. The palate continues with similar tones: the wine is fiery and its complexity fills our mouth. After some aeration a touch of cardamom is added to the aromas, which goes on in the flavours with some pronounced blackberry notes. Medium acidity in perfect balance with its alcohol integrated into the texture. The aftertaste is dominated by some subtle chocolate notes.”

What to pair with
Ideal with duck and goose plates, dishes with mushroom and red fruit sauce.

Where
– If you stay in Hungary, Jammertal webshop is the best idea (the webshop is in Hungarian)
– You can also find some Jammertal wines in Switzerland on Hundert Weinhauss webshop.

How much
– On Jammertal webshop it costs 15 000 HUF / bottle (about 36 euro)
– On Hundert Weinhauss webshop the Pinot is unfortunately not available, but several Jammertal wines are from 27 to 75 Swiss franks.

More about Jammertal on Hungarianwines.eu
Jammertal official website