Wines below EUR6 – Bussay, Esküvé 2006

10 out of 10 Hungarians will never guess where Csörnyefölde is. Since Bussay more or less put Csörnyefölde on the wine map, few thousand wine lovers at least heard about it – the precise figure will remain unknown as well as the number of bottles produced of this wine. Yes, Bussay is another winemaker practically non-existing internet-wise. So let’s get straight to the review then.

According to the merchant’s website, Esküvé this year was 60% made of Olaszrizling and 40% of Rizling (Riesling) without additional yeast added and it had been matured for 10 months in once used barrels before bottling.

The review

Relatively bright light color.

The nose is medium complex, actually interestingly complex but one-dimensional: it’s rather floral than mineral or fruity. Any association would be forced, let’s just say it’s interesting.

On the palate very few fruity elements with peach note and very acidic. Clean, crisp and refreshing. The Riesling component shows more and mostly in the form of acids and oily texture, the Olaszrizling almost lacks the bitterness which is so typical of the grape. I expected more body too. But it’s overall a good wine very fairly priced (although the we’ve seen its price falling sharply recently almost making it a best buy, so good for us).

Score: 5

Price: HUF 1470 (EUR 6)