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Heumann winery (run by Evelyne & Erhard Heumann) is a small family winery in Siklós in the Villány region. Since foreigners are not allowed to easily purchase land in Hungary even after joining the EU, the couple leases their so far small land but they have very ambitious plans to extend the current yearly few thousand bottle production to 60 000. As so many in Villány, they started with Portugieser but according to their (not so up-to-date) website they have 11.500  Cabernet Franc vines, 3.000 Syrah and 4.000 Merlot are already planted which has come into production in 2006. The planting density is 7000 vines/ha with an expected maximum yield of 1 kg per vine. They also rented some smaller plots with Merlot and Kékfrankos and we are buying-in grapes from quality-oriented producers to gradually increase production. 

It is unclear to me whether the Kékfrankos (better known abroad as Blaufränkisch) I tasted was made from their own of from grapes bought from others, or mixed. 

The review

Heumann Kékfrankos Barrique 2006. 

Almost inpenetrable, dark ruby color. The wine has very dense move, very lovely as I pour it into my glass. 

The nose is intense cherry and live wood, soon paprika (not chilli) and in the empty glass tobacco. Not too intensely other spices are also present, except pepper which is quite intense. 1,5 hours later the nose is tobacco and leather. The aromas and lower-medium sweetness are well supported by round, although young acids. 

The wine opens more after 1,5-2 hours.  You should leave it open for at least an hour otherwise you might be disappointed with the tannins. The nose will keep the wood long after that too. 

Score: 6/10

Price: HUF 3000/ EUR 13

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Tags: 2006, Kékfrankos, red