2019 Kékfrankos Vitézföld

The vineyard name translates to “The good soldier’s land.” Gábor learned that the best plantings were located here pre Phylloxera. During a winter visit we ate frosted rose hips and felt the sun hitting us before the rest of the village below with Mount Kékestető in the background. On our most recent Spring visit, we sat on top of Kecskekő, the mountain in between Gyöngyöspata and Szücsi and a Soviet communications bunker underneath. The Vitézföld is super exposed and prominent on the horizon. A special place. Hand harvested, 2 weeks on the skins, and fermented in a polypropylene (high-temperature resistance, non leaching) breathable tank. Reductive on many earlier visits, but after aging in oak barrels for many years it’s recently been bottled. Unfined, unfiltered, and no additions of any kind. This is dark, layered, high acid and perhaps the most structured and tannic Kékfrankos in the portfolio.