2019 Mézes Fehér

This is our third vintage of this grape and happily the third time I’ve had to write something completely new about it. Mézes Fehér, literally, “honey white” is typically able to contract a ton of botrytis without dropping acidity. The 2018 had around 20% botrytis infection, fermented on the skins for 7 days and aged in large Hungarian oak. The 2017 was aged under flor with two weeks of maceration. The 2019 by contrast, has much less botrytis, only spent 24 hours on the skins, and had zero flor. It’s ripe, aromatic, structured, and in many straddles the divide between the 2018 and 2017. Bottled unfiltered with zero additions.