dirk lelij

10

Echt uniek. Hongaarse wijn. Echt kkr juicy — 21 days ago

Elmars

8.9

At Hoppa! Bistro. Goes well with chicken paprikash + spatzle. Balanced, perfect aroma. — 7 months ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.9

#hungary #riesling — 9 months ago

David D

9.0

Not Syrah, Heja orange wine.
Pink grapefruit, green tea, orange peel, tart strawberry, plum. Great acids. 05/19/23 at Agi’s Counter. — a year ago

Eunyoung Cho

9.5

Good cherry wine! — 2 months ago

Steve Rura

9.1

375 ml of very dry sparkling Olaszrizling. Unfiltered, bottle fermented. From Csopak on Lake Balaton. Celebrating my Hungarian roots at my bday brunch! — 3 months ago

John Capangpangan

9.2

Lovely white — 10 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

One of the better wines I’ve had this year (delayed post from Dec ‘22) and a total surprise. From the Keknyelu grape planted in the volcanic hilly region on the north shore of Lake Balaton. Something between carricante and Silvaner. Smells and tastes intensely like wet basalt. Subtle hints of pineapple and stone fruit. Light. Lovely. — a year ago

Steve Rura

9.2

Happy bday to me! — 3 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.2

I’m kinda over Pinot Gris Ramato and then I come across a wine like this that makes me rethink everything. Yes, it has those classic notes of skin contact Pinot Gris (rose hip, red currant, candied strawberry) but it’s so fresh and clearly comes from a place — in this case the volcanic region of Hungary’s Lake Balaton — it’s flinty, with that volcanic licorice spice / allspice — and clearly from a cooler climate. The story behind the winemaker — a brave man in his 70s who has a former wine director for a Soviet Co-op, who now just wants to make good, natural wine his own way—and the label “Abeles” named for the Jewish family whose abandoned estate he found himself making wine out of before discovering an underground cellar and digging up the history of a family whose members were nearly all murdered during the Holocaust. It’s a just a great fucking wine without knowing the backstory; the backstory makes it profound. — 7 months ago