Somló from plain perspective
Author: admin | Category: 3 points, Csordás-Fodor, Somló, Wine reviewsI missed Somlói Tavasz Fesztivál this year taking place this last weekend so I decided to open a Juhfark.
Csordás-Fodor is a small but well known winery from Somló. You can’t miss the winery’s relatively big building if coming from Veszprém direction and you immediately notice that this building is located on the almost flat part of the southern slopes. Juhfark is one of the flagship wines of the winery made by chief winemaker Andrónyi László on the 8,5 hectares which today belong to Csordás-Fodor. They’re proud of their recently deployed cellar technology which results fermentation and maturing in steel until some of the wines are moved into large barrels for further aging. This was the case probable of this Juhfark 2007. The wine has deep golden color with brownish reflections. Lot of farmyard elements (including cat pee, yes, in Juhfark) on the heavy nose with hints of pear aroma. Medium-full bodied with a bitter-acidic character. I miss the other components and the freshness here. This wine’s very different from the ones tasted at the Somló évjáratbemutató. Too heavy and already too old without relevant substances. It comes in a nice bottle though. And it doesn’t go too well with green asparagus with anchovies, but that’s not necessarily the wine’s fault.
Score: 2+/3-
Price: HUF 1500
