József Bock, founder and owner of Bock Cellar must be very proud now: his son, Valér Bock has been making wines for a while at the family estate, and now his blend, Bock Libra 2015 has received a gold medal at French Citadelle du Vin wine competition. Altogether Hungary received 7 gold medals and 5 silver medals at the contest, at which almost 40 countries participated.

Libra is a Bordeaux blend with Cabernet Franc base (50%). The fruit is from the best vineyards (Fekete mountain, Jammertal, Ördögárok) and in the cellar a barrel selection took place as well, thus this wine is really the best of the best.

“A full-bodied, concentrated wine with an incredible wealth of aroma and depth of flavour. It is characterized by a deeply intense colour verging on black in which tobacco and milk chocolate appear alongside overripe fruit. Alongside the dried fruits, chocolate is a dominant element of its flavour.” It was made for the first time in the year 2000 so happy birthday Libra Cuvée!

If you are a wine writer and blogger and have an article about Cabernet Franc, you still have two days to submit your article and win a wonderful trip to Villány!

List of Hungarian medal winners

More about Bock Libra

Stargazing with the winners of the 1st Hungarian WebWineWriting

Our very first online wine writer contest has just finished, and we are so glad to see that the wine world was stirred up by us a little, and we could put Hungarian wines in the limelight for a while. 46 articles entered in 3 Hungarian and 3 English language categories. After the professional juries selected the finalists, votes from supporters arrived – altogether 10.113 votes were given! What a number, thanks to all of our readers!

And the winners: Matthew Horkey (red wine EN), Perica S. Radović (Tokaj En), Đorđe Pešić (Colourful Hungary EN), Ferenc Török(red wine HU), Hajnalka Szabó (Tokaj HU), Zoltán Szabó (Colourful Hungary HU). Hopefully all of them will be present at the 1st Hungarian Gettogether on 16 August in Etyek, where the award ceremony will take place. Csetvei Cellar will be one of the wineries to sample wines at the event. NapHoldCsillag (SunMoonStar)is a great success of the winery made of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and indigenous Ezerjó. Hopefully we will have great weather, and we will see the sun, and then the moon and the stars with our winners on that unforgettable night!