Bencze Autochthon 2022
- Regular price
- 8.300 Ft
- Sale price
- 8.300 Ft
- Regular price
The name means “native” or “indigenous” in Latin, reflecting the composition of this blend, which is made exclusively from traditional grape varieties of the Carpathian Basin: Furmint, Hárslevelű, and Kéknyelű. All vineyards were planted in 2015 and are located in the Templomdombi-dűlő. Each variety was whole-cluster pressed, except for a portion of the Hárslevelű, which was fermented as whole bunches using carbonic maceration. The different varieties were aged partly in amphora and partly in barrels. After blending, the wine was bottled unfiltered and without the addition of sulfur.
- Bencze
- Hungary
- Szent György hill
- white
Stephen Bencze
István founded his estate on the Szent György Hill in 2011, which reached its final size of nearly 30 hectares step by step between 2011-2024. He has been working organically since the beginning, and since 2015 he has farmed the entire estate biodynamically (Demeter certified), with the goal of exploring old Hungarian grape varieties and the full potential of the terroir.
The vineyards are divided into three main units, each situated at different altitudes on the southern slopes of Szent György Hill. The most prominent parcel i...
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