Bodrog Borműhely Pezsgő Brut
Tokaj, Hungary (Toke-Eye)
Furmint, Hárslevelű, Pinot Noir
Cool Continental
Volcanic rhyolite with a heavy layer of nyirok (red clay)
12.5%
7.7 g/l
8.1 g/l
Notes & Pairings
This is the first time this wine has made it to the States. Krisztián and János have been experimenting with sparkling projects since 2019 but have recently fully committed to longer-term élevage and bottle aging. Much like their over the top hospitality and enthusiasm, this isn’t an austere and unforgiving sparkling wine. While technically a NV, this is entirely from 2022. Roughly 85–90% Furmint from the Lapis and Várhegy vineyards overlooking the Bodrog River, 5–10% Lapis Hárslevelű, and 3–5% Pinot Noir. Still made with freshness in mind, it spent 34 months on the lees, 3 disgorgements (the final one in December 2025), and had a 7.7 g/l dosage leaving around 7.1 bars of pressure. While it’s very tempting to make dated and misogynistic comparisons of wine being like a lady, please consider this more like a date night sparkling wine. The kind of night where we each try a little harder to look the part of enjoying an out of the ordinary kind of evening.
