{"title":"Balázs Palya","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eBalázs Palya and his wife Julcsi emerged like uncut diamonds on the wine scene, beginning to bottle their own wines in 2019 with their 2020 vintage. Balázs is a local native, while Julcsi comes from nearby Nagyréde, a village with a long viticultural tradition and a family deeply involved in grape production. Both are shamelessly young, endlessly enthusiastic, and exemplary in their vineyard work and winemaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"995\"\u003eThe Mátra wine region is defined by a diverse array of soils: brown forest soils formed mostly on Pannonian clay, loess, andesite, rhyolite tuff, black lymphoid soils, clay-rich forest soils, brown fields, and humus-rich Pleistocene and Holocene sands. The Mátra mountains shield the vineyards from northern winds while also capturing precipitation, resulting in a moderately dry climate with ample sunlight on the southern slopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1330\"\u003eThey currently farmed 0.75 hectares at the foot of Kecske-kő in the Tangó vineyard, primarily growing Kékfrankos and Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2020, they acquired an additional 0.15 hectares in Szücsi, for a field blend, composed of old plantings and unidentified heritage varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1577\"\u003eThe vineyards are farmed organically and the couple is committed to biodynamic principles as well and the grapes are processed entirely by hand. The wines are neither fined nor filtered, and since 2020, sulfur has been completely eliminated from the cellar. Gravity is used to move and bottle the wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1904\"\u003eTheir family house and cellar in Szűcsi are built with care and simplicity. Beyond a Kossuth press (Julcsi's family heirloom) three Zemplén oak barrels, and a few tanks, they require nothing more to craft their precise, refreshing wines, demonstrating that minimalism and attention to detail can yield remarkable results.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"palya-balazs-kekfrankos-2022","title":"Palya Balázs Kékfrankos 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety\u003c\/strong\u003e : red\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eHarvested in early September, this is 100% Blaufränkisch. Sixty-five percent of the grapes were left as whole berries, while 35% was pressed juice, and both fractions fermented spontaneously together for 4 days. The fermenting must was then transferred by gravity into second-fill oak barrels and tanks. The berry fraction remaining in the fermentation vat continued fermenting for another 12 hours before being gently pressed and added as a third component to a tank. After 9 months, the barrel and the two tank lots were blended, aged for an additional 12 months in tank, and bottled with minimal sulfur addition (10 mg\/l).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Palya Balázs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55037758767490,"sku":null,"price":9300.0,"currency_code":"HUF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4543\/9618\/files\/Palya_Balazs_K_kfrankos.jpg?v=1758533554"},{"product_id":"palya-balazs-chardonnay-2023","title":"Palya Balázs Chardonnay 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarvested in mid-September, this Tavaszföld Chardonnay was 65% destemmed by hand using a berry-sorting frame, then fermented on the juice extracted from the remaining 35% of whole clusters, sealed from air, for 18 days. After 8 months on the lees in tank, the wine was bottled without the addition of sulfur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palya Balázs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55037759029634,"sku":null,"price":8900.0,"currency_code":"HUF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4543\/9618\/files\/Play_Chardonnay.jpg?v=1759402647"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4543\/9618\/collections\/Palya_Balazs.jpg?v=1746704207","url":"https:\/\/leesbrothers.hu\/en-eu\/collections\/palya-balazs.oembed","provider":"Lees Brothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}