This extraordinary wine brings together different vintages, 3 grape varieties, and various winemaking techniques. Zsolt blended Welschriesling, Aurelius, and Devin, including skin-fermented lots aged under flor, which impart distinctive, savory nutty notes. As he says, “Let’s fly on the wings of time back to our grandparents’ barn (Porta) and dust off the values of our ancestors.” An orange wine, its complexity shaped by the diverse personalities of the different vintages.
It would be hard to find a more explosive personality than Zsolt. And there is nothing more honest than wine: it carries the unmistakable imprint of the person who made it.
Zsolt’s approach may seem radical at first glance: skin fermentation, extended aging on the lees, aging under veil, bottling with lees, and zero added sulfur. Yet in many ways, these methods are not modern at all. They are among the oldest and most natural ways o...
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