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Name: János Bolyki | Vine district: Eger
Area: 25 ha between Eger and Verpelét-Egerszólát
Grapes: 70 % blue grape - kékfrankos, merlot, cabernet franc, portugieser, zweigelt, blauburger, kadarka, medoc, 30 % white grape - királyleányka, hárslevelű, sauvignon blanc

Bolyki János - according to himself - became slowly obsessed with wine. In 1998 he started deploying grapes, while obtaining a viticulturist diploma. If we step in his really compelling cellar carved in stone in Losonczy-valley, we instantly feel that this humble smiling young man is serious in what he is doing between the 30 meters high walls.
His Bikavér consists mainly of Kékfrankos, the Burdeaux grape, a little Portugieser, Zweigelt and Blauburger, as is the custom of Eger. Before the blending the grapes develop for 15 months in new 5-10 hectolitres casks.
Balanced, nice wine which really got to us with its spicy, playful aroma, sitting under the walnut tree in front of the cellar.

You can learn something new in every year - Questions and answers with János Bolyki

BT: What happened to you nowadays, János?
BJ: I am just coming from the cellar, we are harvesting but we are at the beginning, still almost the two-thirds of the growth are on the vine-stocks.

BT: The Zorróék, the Nem lát, nem hall, nem beszél ... Two really astonishing names.
BJ: It is true. The name of the Zorróék, which is a blending of a kékfrankos and a kadarka, just came accidentally; the two maskers on the label refer to the name. The Nem lát, nem hall, nem beszél is 100% kékfrankos and got its name after a special occasion: in 2005 deaf, blind and deaf-mute children harvested on me. However they did not participate in the harvest of 2006 but I promised them that from the income of the vintage of '05 we would build a playground with wooden toys. And we would bring the name further.

BT: If we take a snap shot of the estate what would you enlarge of it?
BJ: The estate is 25 hectares big, it is enough. The selection is more or less developed, from 2008 there will be a new sauvignon blanc and I can also tell that the mentioned kékfrankos of 2006 became that I would have liked it to be: full-bodied with long and chocolate-sour cherry aroma. This latter is especially important since I am very fond of sweets.

BT: What would you like to fulfil in any case?
BJ: I would like to make more concentrated wines. To enlarge the cellar, buy new casks, in order that my wines can ripen longer. I am at the beginning of the way, in every year we can learn something new, and luckily in Eger a lot of viticulturists work who help pleasantly.