2019 Maurer Kadarka 1912
Maurer
Subotica, Serbia
2019
100% Kadarka
Mild and temperate
Sand
Fermented 2 weeks in open vat and aged in big old oak casks for 12 months
11.8%
1.44 g/l
7.32 g/l
Subotica, Serbia
2019
100% Kadarka
Mild and temperate
Sand
Fermented 2 weeks in open vat and aged in big old oak casks for 12 months
11.8%
1.44 g/l
7.32 g/l
Notes & Pairings
This is only the third vintage we’ve tasted from this 109 year old vineyard. We are lucky to be getting just a handful of cases given it’s extreme rarity. Generations of selection massale have created a super late ripening and thin skinned Kadarka. Yields are painfully low and there’s an almost ripasso feeling when you first smell it. Harvested just inches above the ground by hand, it’s fermented for about 2 weeks in open vats and then barreled down to old barrels for 12 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with zero additions. Despite the super ripe aromatics, this is still just 11.8%, impossibly light in weight and color, dry, and just beguiling in the best way.
