Tropical Fruit, Tree Fruit, Mineral, and Concentrated / Preserved Fruit, Toasted
BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Sweet
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Light
ALCOHOL (%): Moderate (9-12%)
Origin: Eger, Hungary
Grape Varietals:
Harslevelu
Winemaking:
Vegan Friendly Winemaking
Late Harvest
Maturation: 0-6 Months Oak Barrels
Awards:
WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Apple crumble pizza, strawberry shortcake, peach cobbler
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Japanese fruit tarts, Thai mango sticky rice, tempura apples with custard
Grape varietal & region: 100% Harslevelu. The fruit for this wine comes from Bolyki's vineyards, which have brown forest soils and experience a cool climate.
Taste profile: Bolyki Meta Tema Late Harvest Harslevelu is an exciting sweet Hungarian wine. Medium golden yellow colour. Sweet character with a rich taste of honey, raisins, ripe melon and candied apples. Closes in a delicate mineral finish.
Winemaking process: Late harvesting of the fruit. Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks with wild yeast. Ageing in a 500L oak barrels for 6 months.
Many of these wines often have been touched by botrytis, and have a beautiful balance between fruit & acidity. Despite being lush, they often have some brightness or mineraility to them, and are not as thick textured as some other dessert styles. Classic notes would be honey, botrytis, apricot, peach and other stonefruit, marmalade, spice
By leaving the grapes on the vines longer than usual, the grapes become naturally dehydrated, and is used to make wines that are higher in resudual sugar & potential alcohol
They do not necessarily have to have noble rot, and is probably the easiest method to achieve sweet wines
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