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Key varieties include Riesling, Pinot Noir, Kék Bakator ,Furmint, and Kéknyelű.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1260\"\u003eThe winemaking process has become increasingly minimal, with the focus now almost entirely on producing perfect fruit in the vineyard. István encourages a semi-wild, balanced state in the vines, allowing them to develop a more natural and harmonious relationship with their environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1566\"\u003eIn the cellar, he uses almost no electrical equipment aside from the press, working instead with gravity, free-standing amphorae of various types, and small and large barrels. 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It fermented in several types of vessels: large fiberglass tanks, large wooden fermenters, and plastic fermentation vats. About a quarter of the wine is pressed juice, containing three-quarters whole berries, with a small portion of whole bunches from the Atlas parcels. Half of the batch was aged in small barrels, while the other half was divided between large wooden fermenters, stone vessels, and fiberglass tanks. 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SK54 Welschriesling (Szerémség clone), planted by István in 2018 on the higher slopes of the Rókaluki vineyard, on clay-basalt soil. The grapes were harvested on September 9, 2022, and pressed slowly and gently as whole clusters. The juice was then transferred by gravity into a 400-liter stone vessel, where it fermented and was left to age. 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After a mid-September harvest, the grapes were destemmed into a vat and gently pressed with a pneumatic press after eight days. The wine was then transferred to two 228-liter French barrels, filled one-third, and bottled unfiltered, unfined, and without added sulfur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bencze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55037726065026,"sku":null,"price":8800.0,"currency_code":"HUF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4543\/9618\/files\/Bencze_K_kfrankos_2022.jpg?v=1758015744"},{"product_id":"bencze-pinot-noir-atlas-2021","title":"Bencze Pinot Noir \"Atlas\" 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis cuvée is made from grapes selected from the best-exposed part of the Pinot Noir plantation in the Rókaluki vineyard, planted in 1999. István harvested the grapes in the last days of August during this exceptionally hot and dry year. Mostly whole clusters, along with a smaller portion of directly pressed juice (70–30% ratio), fermented for 10 days in a 2,000-liter wooden vat without punching down, being gently drenched twice daily. After gentle pressing, the wine is transferred by gravity into a 2,500-liter second-fill barrel to age on its lees for 13 months. 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After whole-cluster pressing using a Scharfenberger pneumatic press, fermentation took place in second-fill Chassin and Boutes Soleil barrels, as well as an older, repeatedly used 228L Louis Latour barrel. Fermentation started well, then slowed somewhat and, after a topping up, continued mostly under the yeast film until October 2023. 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