The remarkable features of the wine region, has been recgnized since senturies which has now moved a little further away. The area around Etyek, Pázmánd and Velence yields a wide range of wines, which give both an individual and nuanced picture of the terroir around the capital. The Serbians, Germans and Törley all left their mark on the wine district, while in the last few decades, reductive winemaking technology has given another impetus to the development of the wine district. Geographically, the Etyek wine district stretches from the southern part of the Gerecse Hills to the Velence and Buda Hills. The wine district is basically divided into the mentioned three major subdistricts.The soil-forming rocks in the Etyek Hills are mainly loess and loess-like Quaternary sediments as well as sand, limestone, sandstone and, less commonly, dolomite. The wine district’s characteristic loam soil has developed on these young sandy slopes. Its high active lime content gives rise to the wine district’s characteristic so-called “calcareous wines”. Loess mixed with granite debris is common in the Velence Hills. The Buda zone is characterised by sand, loess-based chernozem over sandstone, chernozem over limestone and dolomite and alkaline brown forest soil, sometimes with significant active lime content.The average annual temperature of 9.5-10.5°C is slightly below the national average. Whereas its annual precipitation of 400-800 mm is close to the national average. The wine district is blessed with frequent breezes, thus providing optimal growing conditions, with little risk of fungal damage and rare significant frost damage. The soils of the Etyek-Buda wine district are not particularly conducive to the development of distinctive, very characterful wines; however, they result in particularly diverse and appealing acidity in the wines. Perhaps this is also why some of the best sparkling base wines are harvested around Etyek. The Etyek wine style is a faithful follower of the fashion for elegant, medium-bodied, dry, reductive wines. The former reputation of the Velence wine region will perhaps be revived by recent bottlings in Pázmánd. Nadap red wines, which were famed far and wide in the 16th century, came from this region, whose terroir is also excellent for making sparkling base wine. Pinot Noir is one black grape that seems to thrive in the region, with the last four or five vintages producing some particularly convincing wines. Some of the best, most approachable and elegant Pinot Noirs in the whole of Hungary can be found here. A few years ago, some producers determined the style and identity they’d like the wine district to be associated with.