Kolonics
2022 Furmint Béla IV
- Producer
- Kolonics
- Appellation
- Somló, Hungary
- Vintage
- 2022
- Composition
- 100% Furmint
- Climate
- Cool Continental
- Soils
- Basalt and ancient seabed
- Maceration & aging
- Less than 12 hours on the skins. Aging in Béla IV barrel.
- Alcohol
- 13.1%
- Residual sugar
- 1.7 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.5 g/l
Notes & Pairings
Over the years we’ve been acquainted with various barrels at Kolonics. He’s named them after Hungarian folklore, saints, nobel prize winners, warriors, kings and intellectuals to name a few. One such barrel is Béla the IV who was King of Hungary in the mid 1200s. His legacy as the "second founder of the state" is due to rebuilding and repopulating the country after the Mongol invasions of the time. Slow but meaningful growth that brought the country from famine to better times. The same could be said of this Furmint. Picked plenty ripe, but with less than a full day of maceration, the barrel aging and fermenting through the botrytis is what’s important here. A classic golden, salty and punchy Somló Furmint through and through.