Villányi Franc, Vylyan, 2011, Red-wine from Hungary
6,5 points
If you would buy wine because of the beautiful or inspiring design of labels than you would not buy this wine! Of course it is a matter of taste as art and wine is, but the logo of the vinery is really remarcable ugly. I really believe many people who do not know too much about wine buy a bottle of course also because of its design.
St. Andrea, Örökke, Egri Feher, 2008, White-wine from Hungary
7 points
St. Andrea as I already wrote once is one of the most interesting and definite best wineries in Hungary. It is located at the edge of Egerszalók which is a village in the heart of the Hungarian wine area Eger. The person behind of all is even a “doctor”. Dr. Lörincz György. Usually I do not believe too much in Hungarian white wines although there are of course some exceptions. Not really surprising that one of this exception is a wine of the vinery St. Andrea. The (success) story of St. Andrea is quite impressive: nowadays they husband nine vineyards and with 17 different sorts of vines.
Merengö Egri Bikavér superior 2006, St. Andrea, Red wine from Hungary
6,5 points
My favorite Hungarian wine maker is St. Andrea (http://www.standrea.hu/). So far I haven’t had a chance to visit them, although this is a producer I would really like to get to know. They produce a variety of wines: white and red, from typical grapes of the Eger wine region in Hungary, but also Pinot Noir. Most of the wines of St. Andrea are cuvées.
While I’m a big fan of their Pinot Noir, the most prestigious and certainly also their top wine is called Merengö. It is a cuvée made from ca. 50% Kékfrankos, then Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
