Demeter Zoltán, Szamorodni

Vineyards:

Szerelmi loess
Kakas porous, zeolite rhyolite tuff, mixed forest soil
Lapis clay, dense-structured, rhyolite tuff, compact soil
Őszhegy loosely-structured forest soil with volcanic origin subsoil
Veres zeolite rhyolite-tuff, alluvial compact soil
Becsek Mád, white deposited rhyolite-tuff and fragmented andesite
Boda trachit alluvial nyirok soil at the edge of Sátoraljaújhely

Winemaker: Zoltán Demeter (46)
Foundation of the winery: 1996
Area: 7 ha
Annual production: 12,000 to 15,000 bottles

Winemaking and wine style: „It would be artisanal winemaking but before we found the meaning of it, we managed to undermine this category”, says the winemaker. The most important aspect is the harvest, right at the point of ripening, that’s the key to everything. Whole bunch pressing, completely clean must, with selected yeast, fermented along with classical music. „Every wine is an experiment. There aren’t two identical techniques, no two identical steps. I aspire to take few and calm steps, because the wine also comes into being by itself.” An utterly distinctive approach – extremely deep wine structure, crystal clear surface.