1277

In 2023, our hill once again showed how complex and sophisticated 1277 Rajnai Rizling can be. Learning from the previous vintage and seeing what value our Bishop’s Hill can deliver, we have changed a step or two from the first vintage. We handpicked the fully ripened clusters and berries, then fermented them in steel tanks at a slow low temperature after gentle pressing. The fermented wine was matured on fine lees in steel tanks for 10 months instead of 5 months. The lees were continuously stirred on a weekly basis to further enhance the flavours of the volcanic terroir of Bishop’s Hill. The new vintage is dominated by ripe apricot on the nose, with coriander on the finish and minty, salty, creamy, citrus notes on the palate.

The red wine of Püspökdomb. The sum of selected Mindszentkálla selected blue grape varieties. The wine seasoned with southern Mediterranean, spicy, jam notes is serious, elegant and is suitable for long maturation. The grapes were placed into 30-hectolitre stainless steel tanks partly in bunches and partly destemmed. Fermentation on skin lasted 20 days at a temperature of 25-28 °C. Cask ageing was in 225-litre first- and second-fill, largely Hungarian and French casks for a period of 12 months.