This cuvée comes from a small plot in Sopron called Blumenthal. The vines are 50-60 years old and were planted with old massal selection. Soils here are slightly richer loam with gravel and limestone. The grapes are nearly all destemmed before being fermented in open-top wooden vats. After a couple weeks of maceration, the wine is pressed off into neutral barrel.
Péter Wetzel`s Blumenthal is from a warmer site than some of his vines, and gives rise to deep, dark fruits such as blueberry and blackcurrant, with hints of cumin, cardamom and tobacco. The palate is fuller, warmer and riper, with rounder, suppler tannins. A more ‘blockbuster` wine that`ll benefit from some hearty food alongside it.
