Tomcsányi Olaszrizling
Somló, Hungary (Shoam-low)
Olaszrizling and Rajnai Rizling
Cool Continental
Limestone, clay and tuff
Half is 90% direct press Olaszrizling and 10% Rajnai Rizling from 2022, half is 7 months skin contact 2023 Olaszrizling
11.5%
Notes & Pairings
Years ago during a lunch at the winery, Árpi pulled out a 2020 Olaszrizling that had been open for roughly a week in the fridge and was down to the last quarter of a bottle. We each had a little splash and it blew us away. This is the first time since then that the wine has been available for export. Half of the wine is 90% direct press Olaszrizling and 10% Rajnai Rizling from 2022. The other half, hence the non vintage, is seven month skin contact Olaszrizling from 2023. Blended and left to age as long as cash flow allowed. Like so many unsulfured wines, we often drink them far too early. This is one way to add much needed time. It’s a wonderful marriage of freshness with some longer élevage structure and finesse. Only 300 bottles came to the States, but a really special and new lens in which to view this tiny basalt hill.
