A good Languedoc rosé – Gérard Bertrand Cote des Roses 2018

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Fancy bottles does not mean the wine cannot be good. This rosé is a good value too.

Elegant and poised, quite close to Provence in style. While it’s delicate, the texture is  somewhat viscous, with the impression of a fuller body. Restrained, pretty aromas of peach and white currant, it’s rather a textural wine. Nuanced and delicious, a nice rosé, highly recommended.

Rating: good, 86 points.
Price: 2500 HUF (Auchan supermarket), or 8-9 Euros.
Value: very good.
Tasted: August, 2019.
Source: I bought it in Auchan.
Drinking window: 2019.

There is no white wine like this – Németh Pince Budai Zöld 2018, Badacsony, Lake Balaton

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Based on that label you would never guess this is a serious wine. It is. It’s basically non-existent on the market, as it’s a small producer and they sell everything at cellar door – there is only one wine place where you can do that in Hungary, near lake Balaton, where tourist are  plenty. It’s a shame, as this little producers makes some of Hungarys most unique and long living wines.

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Volcanic Wine Fest IV, Gyöngyöspata, Mátra region, Hungary

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I spent a few hours at Gyöngyöspata yesterday, which is a tiny town 80 kilometers from Budapest to the North-East. This is the heart of the Mátra wine region, home to many of the new wave, young winemakers who organized the first Volcanic Wine Festival three years ago, to attract wine tourists to this otherwise sleepy village, and to promote the high potential, but still hardly recognized (as a serious player) Mátra region.

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Good Malbec from Hungary – Mészáros Grandiózus 2016, Szekszárd

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Photo: borbolt.hu

Malbec is a new thing in Hungary and there isn’t much of it planted, but to judge from this example, it has a bright future. This comes from the sunny southern part of the country, Szekszárd, which is famous for its opulent, big and ripe reds, and while I struggle to like the Cabernets and Merlots made there, I simply loved this Malbec.

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