Palinkerie Picks - Hungarian Wines
Palinkerie Picks - Hungarian Wines
Jász Laci 2019 Basalt Somlai
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The "Basalt Somlai" is a tribute to the traditionally blended wines of Somló, which was called Somlai centuries ago. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tank without temperature control, with one day of skin contact and...
$26.99
Gál Tibor 2025 Egri Csillag
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The Egri Csillag is the local white field blend crafted in memory of the ancient wayfarers who followed the glittering star ("Egri Csillag") on their way to Eger. Egri Csillag must be comprised of at...
$19.99
Bukolyi Marcell 2024 Köves
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Köves is an Egri Csillag ("the star of Eger"), the emblematic white blend of Eger. This comes from a single vineyard with limestone soils on the Nagy-Eged. Spontaneous fermentation and aging in mostly stainless steel...
$26.99
Somlói Vándor 2024 Hárslevelű
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Kis Tamás is making small-production wines from his 8-hectare property on Somló, Hungary’s smallest and most distinctiveappellation. Hárslevelű has long been grown on Somló, and its honeyed, dried-fruit flavors are a great complement to the...
$29.99
Villa Tolnay 2022 Olaszrizling
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Villa Tolnay is located at the foot of the volcanic Csobánc hill, on the northern shore of Lake Balaton in western Hungary. The ancient volcanic soils and primeval sediments of the former Pannonian Sea give...
$23.99
Lenkey Pincészet 2018 Úrágya
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: This is a classic, age-worthy dry Tokaji blend from Lenkey's parcel on the historic first-class vineyard of Úrágya in Tokaj. Spontaneous fermentation and aging in new and used Hungarian oak barrels for 2.5 years, followed...
$49.99
Lenkey Pincészet 2018 Tokaji Szamorodni 500ml
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Lenkey's sweet Tokaji Szamorodni hails from shriveled and botrytized grapes picked in November. The high botrytis content makes the Szamorodni rich and ageworthy. Flavors like dried apricots, candied melon, celery and spice on the nose,...
$45.99
Lenkey Pincészet 2000 Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 500ml
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: 6 Puttonyos Aszú from one of the best modern Tokaji vintages. From Lenkey's family estate in Mád, Tokaj. The soil is brown forest clay with volcanic minerals and limestone tuff. Spontaneous fermentation, and aging for...
$96.99
Bussay 2024 Roots
Importer Note from Palinkerie Imports: "Roots" is a skin-contact Olaszrizling/Tramini/Riesling blend from Bussay's organic estate in Zala. The vines are 40 years old, and were a favorite of Dóri's father. Flavors like dried apricot, citrus, white tea, rose and passion fruit...
$26.99
P.A.N.K 2024 Normal Pét-Nat
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The Normal Pet-Nat is 100% Furmint from free-run juice only. Whole cluster pressing and spontaneous fermentation. Flavors like marzipan and tangerine, with a zippy dry finish. Unfined, unfiltered and not disgorged, with zero sulfur added....
$28.99
P.A.N.K. 2024 Radikaal Pét-Nat
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: This is a special edition light red (a classic style Hungarians call "Siller") pétillant naturel sparkling wine, made by Attila Pálffy in Köveskál, north of Lake Balaton in Western Hungary. Partial carbonic maceration, and 7...
$28.99
P.A.N.K. 2024 Báró Pét-Nat
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The Baró Rosé was named after Attila's friend's Hungarian greyhound, Báró ("baron"), who appears on the label in traditional noble regalia. 100% Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch). This wine is grown on the Pellengér vineyard, with mostly basalt...
$28.99
Wassmann 2023 Blue Rose Pét-Nat
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The Blue Rose is a Kékfrankos rosé pét-nat from Wassmann in the warm region of Villány in Hungary. The wine was pressed and the skins were removed immediately, but the ripe juicy grapes released color easily,...
$26.99
Steigler Pince 2024 Siller
Siller is a light red/dark rose traditional style made for centuries in Hungary and across the border in southern Austria. From the teeny Hungarian outcroping of Sopron jutting it's finger into Burgenland in Austria, Steigler's Siller is made from 100%...
$24.99
Filep 2022 Kékfrankos
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Gergő Filep has been making wine in Tokaj with his father for 6 years, but in 2022 he decided to make a red in his second home of Eger as well, 100 km southeast of Tokaj....
$23.99
Szent Donat 2023 Tufa Red
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: The Tufa is a spicy red field blend from the basalt soils of the Tihany peninsula on Lake Balaton in western Hungary. Spontaneous fermentation without temperature control in wooden vats, and then aging on the...
$25.99
Dúzsi Tamás 2021 Kadarka
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: Kadarka is a rare native Hungarian grape variety, grown organically by the Dúzsi family in the warm and hilly southern region of Szekszárd. The Kadarka is cultivated in traditional bush vines. Spontaneous fermentation with native...
$23.99
Wassmann 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
Importer note from Palinkerie Imports: A legendary Cabernet Sauvignon from Wassmann's biodynamic estate in Villány, Hungary's southernmost region. Spontaneous fermentation and aging in used 220 L Hungarian and French oak for 17 months. Aromas of black pepper, cherry and tobacco, with...
$29.99
