Egri Csillag Superior – Böjt Borászat
4,490 Ft
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| Grape varieties | Olaszrizling (Welschriesling), Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Leányka |
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One of Hungary’s red wine bastions, Eger, the home of Bikavér (aka Bull’s Blood), also boasts a diverse geological make-up which includes rhyolite tuff. It is also Hungary’s northernmost red-wine-producing region. Historic vineyards planted on these volcanic rocks make some of the biggest, fieriest wines in the region. As in Tokaj, this tuff lends itself perfectly to the carving of cellars. It hosts 99 percent of Eger’s cellars, including networks of passages dozens of miles long and the famous cellars under the city’s fortified castle.
Although historically a white wine land like its volcanic counterparts, red varieties displaced the whites and finally after the blight of phylloxera, Eger’s flagship red blend, Egri Bikavér, attained a worldwide reputation at the start of the 20th century. Winemakers here take this traditional blend seriously.
It has improved tremendously and has little in common with those past Bikavér’s which were exported to the West during the Communist-era of mass-produced wine. Varietals that find their way into Bikavér are Kékfrankos (Blaufrankish), Pinot Noir, Portugieser, Merlot, and Kadarka, and all of these are also bottled as single varietal wines.
At the start of the 21st century, Bikavér gained a white partner, Egri Csillag (‘Star of Eger’). Approximately 50 percent of the region’s vineyards are planted with white grapes and as no one variety dominates, so it was logical to make Egri Csillag a blend, in keeping with the region’s traditions. It is a very variable blend based on Carpathian-basin varieties, such as Olaszrizling, Hárslevelű, Leányka, Királyleányka, Zengő, Zenit and some Hungarian crossings. A minimum of four of these varieties must be included and make up at least 50 percent of the blend and each must represent a minimum of 5 percent. The blend may also include up to 30 percent of fragrant Muscat varieties, such as Cserszegi Füszeres, Zefír, Irsai Oliver, Tramini and Muscat Ottonel. With their blend of history, volcanic minerality, and native varietals, there’s a lot to explore in Eger’s cellars.
László and Éva Böjt received a small vineyard plot as compensation after the fall of Communism, using it to found this winery in 1993. Located in the village of Ostoros, four kilometers from the city of Eger in northeastern Hungary, this is a relatively cool climate, and partially volcanic, wine region.
Since 2016 Gergő and Boglárka, their son and daughter, have taken the lead and have been running the winery, producing outstanding wines which are great representations of the Eger terroir. The much travelled and internationally experienced Gergő makes the wine, and Boglárka sells it.
| Country | 1-2 bottles |
3-6 bottles |
7-12 bottles |
13-18 bottles |
19-24 bottles |
25-30 bottles |
31-36 bottles |
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| Austria | 8,100 Ft | 9,500 Ft | 12,800 Ft | 23,500 Ft | 25,600 Ft | 35,100 Ft | 38,400 Ft |
| Belgium | 9,200 Ft | 11,900 Ft | 15,800 Ft | 27,700 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 45,400 Ft | 47,400 Ft |
| Bulgaria | 5,900 Ft | 7,600 Ft | 10,400 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 41,100 Ft | 31,200 Ft |
| Croatia | 6,500 Ft | 8,000 Ft | 11,400 Ft | 19,400 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 41,500 Ft | 34,200 Ft |
| Czech Republic | 6,500 Ft | 8,500 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 21,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 42,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Denmark | 8,900 Ft | 13,400 Ft | 18,600 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,900 Ft | 55,800 Ft |
| Estonia | 10,200 Ft | 14,900 Ft | 20,500 Ft | 35,400 Ft | 41,000 Ft | 55,900 Ft | 61,500 Ft |
| Finland | 15,700 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 26,700 Ft | 46,700 Ft | 53,400 Ft | 73,400 Ft | 80,100 Ft |
| France | 10,100 Ft | 13,400 Ft | 17,800 Ft | 31,200 Ft | 35,600 Ft | 49,000 Ft | 53,400 Ft |
| Germany | 7,800 Ft | 9,800 Ft | 13,800 Ft | 23,600 Ft | 27,600 Ft | 37,400 Ft | 41,400 Ft |
| Greece (mainland) |
11,800 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 22,700 Ft | 39,200 Ft | 45,400 Ft | 61,900 Ft | 68,100 Ft |
| Hungary (outside of Budapest) |
4,500 Ft | 4,700 Ft | 6,800 Ft | 11,900 Ft | 14,500 Ft | 19,200 Ft | 20,400 Ft |
| Hungary (Budapest) |
4,500 Ft | 4,700 Ft | 6,800 Ft | 11,900 Ft | 14,500 Ft | 19,200 Ft | 20,400 Ft |
| Ireland | 10,200 Ft | 15,900 Ft | 22,600 Ft | 38,500 Ft | 45,200 Ft | 61,100 Ft | 67,800 Ft |
| Italy | 8,900 Ft | 10,900 Ft | 13,900 Ft | 24,800 Ft | 27,800 Ft | 38,700 Ft | 41,700 Ft |
| Latvia | 8,100 Ft | 11,900 Ft | 16,900 Ft | 28,800 Ft | 33,800 Ft | 45,700 Ft | 50,700 Ft |
| Lithuania | 7,500 Ft | 10,600 Ft | 15,100 Ft | 25,700 Ft | 30,200 Ft | 40,800 Ft | 45,300 Ft |
| Luxembourg | 8,800 Ft | 10,900 Ft | 14,900 Ft | 25,800 Ft | 29,800 Ft | 40,700 Ft | 44,700 Ft |
| Netherlands | 8,100 Ft | 10,800 Ft | 14,700 Ft | 25,500 Ft | 29,400 Ft | 40,200 Ft | 44,100 Ft |
| Poland | 5,600 Ft | 7,100 Ft | 10,900 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 21,800 Ft | 28,900 Ft | 32,700 Ft |
| Portugal | 8,400 Ft | 12,900 Ft | 18,900 Ft | 31,800 Ft | 37,800 Ft | 50,700 Ft | 56,700 Ft |
| Romania | 6,800 Ft | 8,900 Ft | 12,900 Ft | 21,800 Ft | 25,800 Ft | 34,700 Ft | 38,700 Ft |
| Slovakia | 6,100 Ft | 7,800 Ft | 10,900 Ft | 18,700 Ft | 21,800 Ft | 29,600 Ft | 32,700 Ft |
| Slovenia | 6,900 Ft | 8,900 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 21,400 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 33,900 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Spain | 10,200 Ft | 14,900 Ft | 20,500 Ft | 35,400 Ft | 41,000 Ft | 55,900 Ft | 61,500 Ft |
| Sweden | 10,900 Ft | 15,600 Ft | 21,900 Ft | 37,500 Ft | 43,800 Ft | 59,400 Ft | 65,700 Ft |
| UK | See instructions |
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