Somló Sparkling
I don’t regularly drink sparkling wine so I wouldn’t venture any scoring here. I just thought it would be interesting to try the first(?) sparkling tentative of a winery which was well accepted by terroir wine lovers as well as by mass wine fans. Apparently Kreinbacher winery is both at the same time. I wasn’t unbelievably stunned by what I drank from Kreinbacher so far but I did like the way they’ve been rebuilding the slopes of Somló, so far characterised by small, featureless family cellar buildings. And since Hungary has a history but not so much of a presence of making sparkling wine, I thought it would be interesting to taste one from Somló which I never did before, since I have not so much to lose (well, except 3 000 Hungarian Forints).
Kreinbacaher – Palackos
erjesztésű Pezsgő, Brut, 2007, Nagy Somló. I found this sparkling wine’s nose full of yeast and surprisingly rich in stewed quince fruit. Later stewed green apple aromas join the yeast on the nose but on the palate it’s very different: no fruits at all but at least it’s light and pleasant and has a yeast accent. And it’svery dry.
All else I can say is that it goes well with some caviar and eggs on new year’s first morning. So cheers, and I wish You All a Very Happy 2009.
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