Somlo Wine Region
The wines of Somlo have a long and celebrated history; indeed, the region's fame at some point is said to have rivalled that of Tokaj. Its wine figures as medicine in old Hungarian pharmacopeias (Vinum Somlaianum omni tempore sanum).
This historic wine region was favoured by many royals, from King Sigmund to the Habsburgs. In the eighteenth-nineteenth century, Habsburg emperors/kings of Austria and Hungary, esp. Maria Theresia and Joseph II are claimed to have favoured Somlo wines. Wine was used to cure health problems and it was widely believed that if the husband drinks Somlo wine on the wedding night it assures the birth of a son. Wine from Somlo is aptly named the 'wedding night wine'.
Having son after drinking Somlo wine is not yet verified, but when you go to Somlo Wine Region and visit winemakers (they drink a lot of their own wine) you will see that all of them have sons and none of them has daughters. So somehow it works...
Hungary's smallest wine region lies on the slopes of the Somlo Mountain. This is the only wine region in Hungary where grapes are grown on the northern slope of a hill. Vineyards encircle this almost symmetrical, cone-shaped, dormant volcano rising from the plains of the Tapolca Basin. The traditions of winemaking can be traced back to roman times and the first written documents referring to winemaking in the region date back to the 11th century.
Only white wines are produced in the Somlo region from the following grape varieties: Harslevelu, Furmint, Juhfark (Sheep's Tail), Olaszrizling (Welschriesling), Tramini and Chardonnay.
Wineries:
The Kreinbacher Winery was established in 2002 by Kreinbacher Jozsef. With our current knowledge of Somlo's wines completely rethought, his mission was to create a prestige estate on hill Somlo. The keyword in his philosophy of winemaking is terroir, in its broader sense that is the soils, grape varieties, viniculture technology and the human factor perfectly in tune to handcraft his wines. Currently, the vineyards total 17 hectares.
Throughout the vineyards, the maximum cluster loading is 1kg/vine stock; grapes are harvested when fully ripe, and following multiple sorting, only healthy ones are processed. In the first vintage, wines were fermented and aged in 500-liter, new Hungarian, 'lightly' burnt, oak barrels. As of the 2004 vintage, previously filled barrels have been also used.
Wines:
In the Kolonics Cellars tradition of grape-growing and wine making has gone from fathers to sons for generations. Family-size winery has only 3 hectares of plantation and they prefer traditional wine making methods: wines are fermented in oak and aged in oak barrels for over 2-3 years before bottling. Wines are hand-crafted, extraordinary high quality, super limited and always win medals at wine challenges they enter. Wines from legendary Somlo Wine Region!
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Hungary is famous for both red and white wines. Here you can find excellent reds from all over Hungary. Discover Cabernets, Merlots, Pinots and Syrahs from Old World and our unique local grapes such as Kekfrankos and Zweigelt. Don't miss Bikaver (Bull's Blood) as being the most famous Hungarian red.
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The best known Hungarian white wine is sweet Tokaji. We bring you the best Tokaji wines and we encourage you to taste excellent dry whites, too. Our Furmint, Gewürtztraminer or (almost) unpronunceable Harslevelu are must try. Hope you will enjoy the new taste of Old World.
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Hungary is famous for its botrytized dessert wine from Tokaj Wine Region, called Tokaji Aszu. Beside Tokaji Aszu here you can find Late Harvest for everyday drinking and Tokaji Essence for collectors; and we have dessert wine from Sopron Wine Region, too.