2020 Sziegl Carbonic Kövidinka
Hajós-Baja, Hungary
2020
100% Kövidinka
Continental
Packed loess and clay.
Skin macerated for 7 days then fermented in 500 L oak barrel. Aged for 7 months on the lees.
11%
0.8 g/l
5 g/l
Notes & Pairings
Despite Kövidinka being a historically important grape in the region, there was barely any to be found nor many examples of anyone taking it seriously in Hajós (Hi-yosh). In 2017 they purchased a small parcel nonetheless. Not knowing where to begin, they've tried whole bunch pressing, skin maceration, and varying degrees of the hamburger method. They loved the skin contact (we still have a little of the 2018 skin contact), and there will eventually be some 2020 but it’s still coming around in the cellar. The rest of the 2020 fruit was split into two pick dates and two different methods then blended together. The first harvest pass was fermented for 6 days using the Hamburger method and barreled down to 500L oak on the lees. The second pass was 12 days of carbonic maceration followed by 5 months of aging in tank on the lees. The blend was bottled unfiltered with a small (15ppm) addition of SO2.
