Growing Conditions
Szabó Gyula’s Töltési vineyard on the Fekete Hill.
Training: Mid-wire Cordon
Pruning: Spur pruned
Soil composition: Volcanic Basaltic Tuff
Harvest
Hand harvested and sorted
Winemaking
Single vineyard wine, coming from a volcanic site.
After hand harvesting ripe and healthy fruit middle September, the free-run juice was fermented in four 500 liter and one 400 liter oak barrels over two months, remaining in barrel after fermentation for another 7 months.
Winemaker: Szabó Gyula
Method of processing: using only Free-run juice
Fermentation: Spontaneous, in 500 and 400 liter oak barrels
Total Soluable Solids g/l: 20
Free SO2/Total SO2 mg/l: 26 / 77
Aging
7 months