Fekete Bela Harslevelu 2018

Fekete Bela Harslevelu 2018Press 4 Mix White October November 2025 Direct Press Selection Sometimes we come across wines that seem to good too be true, and this is one of them: one of the final vintages from Bela Fekte, aka the grand old man of Soml. Bela is a nonagenarian who is respected as one of the finest winemakers in this region of Hungary. Soml is the site of an ancient underwater volcano, vines planted around its dome, rising out of the surrounding plain like some kind

In a part of this contrada you will find more clay-limestone soil

I have enjoyed many vintages of this unpretentiously delicious wine over the past 15 years

Darek Trowbridge began his viticultural training in 1987 under the wing of his uncle

On the nose

cherry tomato

are complimented by a wild mix of sagebrush

Almond skin and horehound notes dance around the core of soft Cortese fruit

Their commitment to organic farming and low sulfur bottlings have changed the perception of German wine in Germany as well as the US

The Cultivo “La Santa” is from dense albariza soil destemmed and spends two days on the skins and is aged under the flor

and serradella

with biodynamic and regenerative practices being incorporated today

and this one is surely one of the smallest productions around