Speciality
Csillagfogó (Starcatcher)
2022
One of the oldest grape varieties in Europe, of German origin (from Rheingau), first mentioned in 1435. Its wine is usually “slim”with high acidity and notes of citrus, green apple and apricot, sometimes flowery; capable for an excellent quality on any range of dryness, showing tones of oil and petrol after some years. In our vineyard -on a volcanic soil- the fruitiness and the exciting tone of petrol in the background are accompanied by a wealth of extracts and the unmistakable minerality of the terroir. It is popular and widespread all over the world. Riesling may be the grape variety that likes our sunlit Körmic slope the most at Ábrahámhegy. We have been harvesting higher and higher quality grapes for the last five years giving us more and more full-bodied wines each year. Ripening in the bottle is also a characteristic of this wine that can be clearly seen in our wines as well. As regards the vineyard: it is situated in Ábrahámhegy on the border of the slopes Körmic and Berger, facing South, overlooking Lake Balaton and surrounded by small hilly woods to the West and to the North. Slightly over half a hectare, the smaller part is set aside for producing Riesling, while a bigger plot we reserve for our Hárslevelű („Linden Leaf”), the main base for our sparkling wine. Both grape varieties were planted on St.Nicholas’ day in 2015. These vines came from Andau, Austria. Thanks to their quality, the careful preparation of the soil and the manual planting they are thriving. Careful work on both Linden Leaf and Riesling required a „machete” (ϑ) and a lot of effort. For the time being and in the near future we do not plan to upscale our production, even if these vigorous vines could easily handle bigger vine loads. We prefer to leave 6-7 light buds on each bunch of one year-old shoots. With the harvest we wait for the appearance of botrytis at least in about 10-15 % of the bunches. We believe this makes the wine deeper and more full-bodied. No residual sugar left. Cultured yeasts are used to control fermentation using steel tanks for both fermentation and aging. After a short time the wine is refined, filtrated and bottled.
Price
€5-€10
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