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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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HUNGARY<br />
– RENAISSANCE –<br />
Brother and sister Miklós and Hajni Prácser work together to produce very expressive dry wines<br />
casks then racked and transferred to Hungarian casks to be<br />
matured. The nose is highly expressive and recalls fresh, precise<br />
fruit with lots of elegance and sophistication. The oakiness<br />
is now perfectly integrated, underscoring the fruit with very<br />
pleasant, soft vanilla-like notes. The wine boasts a lengthy<br />
finish and superb balance which will undoubtedly lend it long<br />
ageability, although it already offers huge pleasure today.<br />
KIKELET PINCE,<br />
THE REALMS OF HÁRSLEVELÜ<br />
Stéphanie Berecz left her native Loire region in France in the<br />
early 1990s to settle in Tokaj. For a decade or so, she worked<br />
for the famous Disznókő estate, becoming head winemaker.<br />
In 2002, she decided to start up her own winery, called<br />
Kikelet, meaning ‘spring’ in Hungarian, with her husband Zsolt.<br />
Stéphanie handles winemaking whilst her husband manages the<br />
vineyards which extend over 5 hectares of volcanic soils covered<br />
with varying thicknesses of loess. This very porous, mineral<br />
WINTER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 71
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