Gemenc, Red 0.5L
This bourbon-style whiskey contains 60% corn and 40% triticale (wheat/rye crossing). Initially it was aged in new charred oak barrels for three years. Hence the name, it was then aged in Szekszárd Kadarka (red wine) barrels for half a year prior to bottling. As a result, we can enjoy a whiskey that has some slightly sweet and woody notes with an additional layer of complexity from the wine barrel aging. If you like bourbon, you will enjoy this whiskey.
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The Gemenc Distillery is Hungary’s smallest commercial distiller, and the country’s only distillery that specializes in whiskey. Owner / master distiller / blender Lajos Szöke produces about 30,000 bottles a year of mostly bourbon-style whiskey. The distillery is located in southern Hungary, just outside the gorgeous Gemenc national park (in the village of Pôrböly).
Whiskey regulations are set by the EU, and specify that all spirits called whiskey must be aged in barrels for at least three years (as per Scottish whisky). All Gemenc whiskeys are aged in either new Hungarian Zempléni oak barrels (which give the final product a darker colored ones) or in new acacia barrels (which gives a more golden color). Some Gemenc whiskeys get additional aging in used barrels (after the aging in the new barrels is finished). For example, the “Red Whiskey”—a tribute to the nearby Szekszárd wine region—spends additional time aging in used Szekszárdi Kadarka barrels.
Szöke gets his inspiration from American and Austrian distilleries, and most of the whiskeys are bourbon style. All Gemenc whiskeys are unfiltered and made in single barrel batches—with each bottle hand-numbered—so there are many novelties and different styles. Gemenc uses nine types of grains, which are mostly grown locally.
| Country | 1-2 bottles |
3-6 bottles |
7-12 bottles |
13-18 bottles |
19-24 bottles |
25-30 bottles |
31-36 bottles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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