A stock clearance of a well known retailer provided my with a good opportunity to acquire some bottles for party people coming to visit us from time to time, you know smokers and alike. Some of these wines were so disappointing they drove me to the conclusion I made about mediocre wine reviews in this post. Tiffány’s Portugieser 2009, Tiffán’s Imortal cuvée 2007 and Tűzkő’s Sauvignon Blanc 2008 were good match with cigarettes only really. The following two wines were the best of the lot, so far.
Considering it was made in 2003 we can call this an early bird of it’s kind with it’s 14% alcohol.
The look: A dark core surrounded by pigeon blood hue and a pale brownish rim, with some purplish reflections.
Nose: Interesting spices coming through a stuffy bouquet at first, things like turmeric-favored plum and other oddities.
Palate: Dirty. After 90 minutes it evoles structurally but I’d like more definition to it. The wine’s texture is oily and I’m suspecting a good deal of glycerin here. The tart fruityness I would even call pleasant would it not been ruined by the whole picture including quite a lot of half powdery, half sticky overflowing tannins soaked up by the glycerin. The wine has a dirty character which I associate with many – even not so old – Ch. Kajmád wines, very much the opposite of the clean Konyári or Gróf Buttler wines.
Hilltop – Prémium Merlot 2008
Look: dead ruby.
Nose: mulberry syrup, very fruity.
Palate: Ligh-bodied wine with blueberry wrapped in burnt rubber and licorice aromas. Soft texture and polished tannins. But as a whole it’s too “made” and simple.
I was about to write some notes about Ikon’s Chardonnay 2008 right now (you’ll read about it soon) whilst browsing the internet when I just came across a news saying that Tiffán Zsolt (a runner-up in the Orbán Viktor lookalike contest, representing the politician in an elderly edition, at least on this picture) has become the official candidate of Fidesz (once an at least verbally almost democratic party) during next year’s general elections. Apparently chosen against the wish of the local party members, Tiffán arguably wont he heart of the decision makers by having been a reliable supporter of the party for a long time (a regular supplier of the party’s events too, according to the report). The guy got 52 votes against 117 of his opponent. Fuck me! These guys cannot even pretend to be democratic not even within their own circles!
I’d been drinking tons of Gere Attila wines until his picture appeared on Budapest’s streets during the elections 8 years ago on huge outdoor advertisements, as part of the much criticised Széchenyi program campaign (an obscure state program giving certain “entrepreneurs” funding for their investments, quite in an unfair way if you ask me). I still drink Gere wines but much less than I used to. Szeremley, Rokaj Kereskedőház and a couple of others are on the boycote list as well. What’s next boys? Providing supply for the Magyar Gárda (a pro-nazi, far-right paramilitary organisation, having the silent approval of a signigicant stake of Hungarian citizens)? Producing grappa to be used as Molotov cocktail against the jewish-communist regime? Printing Hungarian vintage nazi pictures on wine bottles as the ones seen in Italy (with Mussolini’s picture on it)? Shall we, more tolerant people, hang ourselves as suggested by Kövér László a few years ago?
I’m confused, help me out!
Or am I? In a country where the word “gypsy” is most used as a verb by most citizens for “cheating”, “stealing”, committing an aggressive act, or better, all these at once!
You think I’m kidding?
I took the pictures below last weekend, on a demonstration organised by the Hungarian far right (Jobbik, Fidesz, call them what you will). Look at these guys and get used to them. They’re going to win next year’s election.
And Tiffán still can be a Minister of Agriculture.
