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hungarian wines my two pence on the world of wines hungarian wines my two pence on the world of wines skip to content home about me varieties vintage guide wine regions worldwide older posts jásdi ranolder white 2008 posted on january 25 2012 by andras babucs the white blend named after bishop ranolder is the top wine of the csopak producer blended from the old vines of furmint and olaszrizling of the siralomvágó plot a single reminiscent of an age long gone by when csopak wines were rated among the best wines of hungary commanding top spots and top prices on plush restaurant menus in the first half of the 20th century pale lemon hue with a reserved nose of citrus fruits some green apple and a bitterish touch of white flowers round but lively acidity with a firm body much more bitterness on the palate with citrus fruits and firm tannins a firm core and good concentration and a reasonable use of barriques i suspect seems to have all the potential a well supported furmint blended old vine olaszrizling can ever offer probably a bit closed down at the moment but i think it will be worth to look back in 3 5 10 years at least 92 points for the great structure and the potential i suspect show a lot more if drank slightly warmer i have just realized that theedalc covered this wine precisely a year before me and scored it at 7 points worth ca 90 91 here promising more if barrique tones retire with time on a late note this wine has spent ca 4 weeks in the fridge after opening it was completely unchanged showing the very same profile shifting towards a bit more fruit i found the picture in theedalc post disclaimer this wine was my own purchase from here posted in white wines tagged 2008 csopak furmint jásdi olaszrizling 2 comments furmints for february again posted on january 20 2012 by andras babucs february is looming up so it will be all furmint again just like last year the grand tasting for furmint february 2012 organized by vinoport takes place at vajdahunyadvár in budapest 9 february 2012 tickets cost 6 900 huf grab yours here click here for last year s report part i and part ii this year s participants come 77 from tokaj with a few somló producers and the odd guest from the mátra hills lake balaton eger zala and austria this means there are no slovenian guests with šipons this year but more hungarian wine regions join the show non tokaj participants are bold continue reading posted in events white wines tagged 2012 furmint furmint february 3 comments weninger merlot 2001 posted on january 10 2012 by andras babucs another great weninger wine from the time i did not know them thus never really got to taste it in full fame glory now on a 50 sale at in vino veritas probably slightly past its best but still with a good chance to show some skin i did love the 2000 2002 vintage last year here this wine looks definitely older and has a garnet hue with a pale rim pretty simple at the start but develops a nice bouquet after a few hours in the bottle a mature nose of leather tobacco with some black cherries some dark chocolate appears with a touch of that interesting slightly vegetal note that made the 2000 so exciting black cherries on the palate with some chocolate nice acidity with a considerable amount of smooth tannins the warmer it gets the heavier it seems to be due to a 14 alcohol at first it looked pretty lean compared to my memories of the 2000 2002 vintages anyway it is a great wine from a not so great vintage a classic in hungary while possibly a bit shy of being an unquestionable classic on the international scene lots of bordelaise wines are gone by now from the poor year of 2001 only the top ones are performing still this one is tirinig but definitely on the chase 89 points with me a buy at half price for 3200 huf or ca 12 eur drink it soon do not lay further or rather 10 eur that is as some goddamn politician is unable to keep his not yet bloody mouth shut again posted in red wines tagged 2001 merlot sopron weninger leave a comment terre del barolo vinum est vita barolo 2007 posted on january 5 2012 by andras babucs few are my experience in barolo barbaresco i was un lucky enough to start with a great flight of top barolos they impressed me so much that i thought i will never ever really get back to their everday lesser ones i also had a few glimpse of the highly tannic young talents and they did a good job of hiding their treasures from me last year i bought a cheap barolo in an autogrill on the tuscan motorway just for fun and this cheap barolo did provide enjoyment due to its tipicity good drinkability so it was pretty straightforward what to do when i noticed a whole set of very reasonably priced barolos barbarescos in the austrian discount chain merkur i bought a full set of the terre del barolo cooperative products between 12 16 eur and started drinking continue reading posted in red wines tagged 2007 barolo nebbiolo piedmont leave a comment a visit to sopron in june 2011 posted on january 4 2012 by andras babucs in early june i managed to make it to sopron for some private affairs and i also payed a visit to the top two vineries in the region as i did not take any notes on the spot but tasted a lot of interesting wines indeed i decided on being brave and summing up a few basic impressions please take all comments with a pinch of salt continue reading posted in uncategorized leave a comment terra australis 2011 posted on august 29 2011 by andras babucs this year s terra australis organized by our guest contributor attila halász was held at curia restaurant you can find his scores either here or here hungarian bloggers share their thoughts here and here funny but this time my scores are pretty close to attila s while the usual thing is being close to theedalc we started with a sauvignon blanc called cornelius sauvignon 2007 by scotchmans hill it is a beautifully crafted wine in the style of the bordeaux blancs but still staying an authentic australian wine i am not a fan of sauvignon blanc but this one could dismiss some of my doubts whether a 93 point sauvignon blanc may ever exist i still had some second thoughts but basically i was convinced continue reading posted in uncategorized 2 comments vylyan ördög 2008 posted on june 8 2011 by andras babucs vylyan is definitely one of the major prestige wineries of villány this is one of their basic standard red blends a standard best buy for years this blend is made from zweigelt kadarka kékfrankos and merlot continue reading posted in red wines tagged 2008 red blend villany vylyan 3 comments gedeon cserszegi fűszeres 2010 posted on june 6 2011 by andras babucs a relatively new producer on my radar screen working on the plains possible home of the great value base wines for hungary more and more people are making better and very reasonably priced wines down there a few weeks ago their pretty basic gedeon kadarka 2009 stole the show from a lot of overripe prestige kadarkas it was actually one of the few nice ones on show that evening cserszegi fűszeres is one of the local aromatic grape varieties producing simple but very popular wines for summer consumption like moscato di asti wachau gelber muskateller or sauvignon blanc continue reading posted in white wines tagged 2010 alföld cserszegi fűszeres gedeon 2 comments szepsy furmint 2008 thurzó vineyard posted on may 26 2011 by andras babucs this special bottling has been reserved for the imola udvarház mansion wine restaurant in eger the thurzó vineyard is of historic fame and also highly rated by some hungarian experts but i never managed to get hold of any bottles sourced from this plot the only wine i ever heard about is that of mr szepsy but it has never been commercially released probably due to the small 0 4 ha size of the plot continue reading posted in white wines tagged 2008 furmint szepsy thurzo tokaj leave a comment tokaj renaissance the aszú vintage of 2007 posted on may 24 2011 by andras babucs the tokaj renaissance association held its annual public presentation of its wines last friday in the vajdahunyad castle in budapest this included an aszú tasting of the débutant 2007 vintage and also a cheese and wine pairing course with ronn wiegand mw ms of tokaj my expectations were high as 2007 was a really hot vintage in most of hungary thus we expected round rich and very palatable aszú wines with a relatively lower level of acidity pretty much for hedonistic consumption now than cellaring for decades the 2004 5 6 vintages were not famed for producing easily approachable wines probably 2003 being the last such year continue reading posted in sweet wines vintages tagged 2007 aszu béres dereszla dobogó nobilis patricius szepsy tokaj 4 comments older posts search for recent posts jásdi ranolder white 2008 furmints for february again weninger merlot 2001 terre del barolo vinum est vita barolo 2007 a visit to sopron in june 2011 archives january 2012 august 2011 june 2011 may 2011 april 2011 march 2011 february 2011 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