DANCH & GRANGER SELECTIONS
2023 Kékfrankos by Wetzer
Wetzer

2023 Kékfrankos

Producer
Wetzer
Appellation
Sopron, Hungary
Vintage
2023
Composition
100% Kékfrankos
Climate
Sub-Alpine
Soils
clay, red gravel, limestone, and loess
Maceration & aging
open vat fermentation, 3 weeks maceration then aged in used Hungarian oak barrels
Alcohol
13.4%
Residual sugar
1 g/l
Acidity
6.5 g/l

Notes & Pairings

Peter’s Kékfrankos ripens late and is often picked in late October and into November. Part of this is the way he farms and other is finding the cooler locations. The fruit is destemmed, open vat fermented, and then gets about 3 weeks maceration before being barreled down to used Hungarian Oak. It’s then bottled unfined and unfiltered. Despite the late pick, acidity is by no means compromised and the wine is impossibly bright even when carrying a few grams of residual sugar and just over 13% alcohol.