SZEPSY Nyúlászó Furmint 2021 - Bortársaság
SZEPSYNyúlászó Furmint 2021
Unit price: HUF 20 667 / litre. Our prices are gross prices.
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One of Tokaj's iconic vineyards is Nyulászó, which is located on the southeastern limits of Mád. Its name is likely derived from the nobility's favourite pastime of hunting rabbits (historically nyulászás), with roots in vineyard cultivation tracing back to the 16th century. True to the wine region, the soil here is extremely diverse, dominated by yellow clay and crushed tufa, from which the Szepsy family harvests by hand from 0.8 hectares of vines of over 40 years old. The fermentation occurs spontaneously in first- and second-fill 300-litre barrels, followed by 8 months of ageing in oak barrels. Rich in salinity and minerality, with a taut acid structure and deep flavours, this wine has excellent ageing potential. Just 1,308 bottles made.
- Hungary
- Tokaj - Hegyalja
- Szepsy István
- furmint
- dry
- White
- 2021
- 0.75 l
- 13.5 alk
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Szepsy István
„I’ve been saying for 20 years that we’d stop adding new areas. However, we just can’t stop ourselves! Now it’s the andesite soil of Tállya and its five first-class vineyards that excite me. Once it accounted for most of the grapes in the wine region. My wife’s hairdresser has even asked me why I go there so often. We discover 800-year-old vineyard names and each parcel hides a surprise. The 2011 wines seem suspiciously good: that’s when it’s the most nerve wrecking for the winemaker. Again it showed that there is no recipe in winemaking; the practice of walking the vineyards and experimenting cannot be replaced by anything. Every day we try to make our wines believing that the wine region will once again be at the place where it should be.”