The main concept of the Ruppert selection comes from the story of Alice in Wonderland. Besides the great single varietals, the other Ruppert wines carry the names of the most important characters of the book. The circle is closing and they don’t intend to bring more names into their selection, but there was one that was missing: and it was Alice’s – Alíz in Hungarian.

From the outset they knew that the name of the main character could only be given to a big red blend, and they had to wait for its realisation until the 2017 vintage (more precisely till now, by the time it has taken to mature). The aim of the winery’s big wine is not to overwrite everything that came before it – one of their best offerings, a favourite of ours among southern red wines, is still the winery’s Cabernet Franc. Alíz is not an everyday wine and its pricing doesn’t indicate that either, indeed it will only be made in the best vintages, from two the Cabernet varieties, blended from first-fill French barrels.