2019 Karner Gábor & Fanni Kékfrankos Vitézföld
Matrá, Hungary
2019
100% Kékfrankos
Continental (hot summers & cold winters)
Andesite, red clay, and chalk
2 weeks on the skins, fermented in a polypropylene breathable tank then aged in oak.
15.7%
2.1 g/l
5.9 g/l
Notes & Pairings
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.
