Előd is just as at home with bottle fermentation as he is with reductive winemaking. In the first weeks of the harvest, the world’s classic traditional method sparkling wines are on his mind: he works with Champagne varieties, ages the wines in bottle for extended periods, and carries out the entire process himself – much like the Champagne grower-producers.

He first surprised us exactly a year ago with his first Blanc de Noirs experiment, which sold out from our shelves in just a matter of weeks. Now comes the sequel, once again made exclusively from Pinot Noir, which is his favourite grape variety. The base comes from the 2022 vintage, complemented by reserve wines set aside from 2021. Both the fermentation and ageing took place entirely in tanks, followed by bottling in June 2023 and 30 months of bottle ageing until disgorgement at the end of November.

A limited-production, special traditional method sparkling wine from Etyek. The label’s subtle background colour also signals that this Blanc de Noirs differs from Előd’s Brut Reserve only in nuance, being creamier, deeper in flavour and fully matured. Just 1,200 bottles have been made of it.The bottles are sealed with 100% TCA-free DIAM corks.

Dosage: 3 g/l