While the sweet dessert wines of Hungary typically get most of the limelight, Hungary's dry white wines made from the Furmint grape are slowly starting to rise to prominence. At a recent trade event, we tasted this beauty, and this might be the best dry Furmint we have ever encountered!
Petracs is the name of Oremus' best vineyard in the village of Tolcsva. The vines are 60 years-old, and are located on soils that contain semiprecious gems. The vines are cultivated using traditional bush-vine trellising with great planting density. Because of this and the steepness of the slope, only humans and horses can work in the vineyard, which has been the tradition for hundreds of years.
The hand-picked bunches are gently pressed, giving way to the fermentation which takes place in new French and Hungarian oak barrels. The wine is later aged in oak barrels for 3 months, stirring up the lees every week ("batonnage") and in complete tranquility for another 5 months. In August the wine is racked from the barrels and ageing continues in stainless steel tanks for another six months until it is bottled in February. Petracs Furmint is an overwhelming, bright wine in which the mineral flavor is perceived in a pure and crystalline way. It is deep, long and compresses on the palate concentration and salinity. Only 50 cases were imported into the USA!
Petracs is the name of Oremus' best vineyard in the village of Tolcsva. The vines are 60 years-old, and are located on soils that contain semiprecious gems. The vines are cultivated using traditional bush-vine trellising with great planting density. Because of this and the steepness of the slope, only humans and horses can work in the vineyard, which has been the tradition for hundreds of years.
The hand-picked bunches are gently pressed, giving way to the fermentation which takes place in new French and Hungarian oak barrels. The wine is later aged in oak barrels for 3 months, stirring up the lees every week ("batonnage") and in complete tranquility for another 5 months. In August the wine is racked from the barrels and ageing continues in stainless steel tanks for another six months until it is bottled in February. Petracs Furmint is an overwhelming, bright wine in which the mineral flavor is perceived in a pure and crystalline way. It is deep, long and compresses on the palate concentration and salinity. Only 50 cases were imported into the USA!
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