Merlot – Cseri Pincészet
The Pannonhalma region is located midway between Budapest and Vienna, in the northwest Hungarian Transdanubia area. The region is mostly known for producing elegant and well-crafted white wines, as well as spicy reds from the Pinot Noir variety. This 2016 red wine from the family-owned Cseri Winery shows the region’s potential to produce mid-ripening red varieties too, like Merlot. This Merlot is considered the winery’s top wine. The grapes were hand-harvested in late October. After 21 days of fermentation and skin contact, the wine spent 12 months aging in new oak barrels. It has the complexity and balance that only great wines have. There are plum and blackberry flavors mixed with coffee, toast, and vanilla (coming from the oak aging). This 2016 vintage is the fresh release of this wine. The Cseri Winery believes in the aging potential of this wine, and they only release it after several years of cellaring. Basically, they did the cellaring for us, so we can enjoy this wine at its peak right now! As with every great red wine, decanting is recommended, and good friends to share it with are advised. Stews, game, and mushroom-based dishes can all be great pairings for this wine.
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Pannonhalma is the smallest Hungarian wine region. It has a unique place in Hungarian wine culture and Hungarian history because of the Benedictine Abbey which stands proudly on the top of the region’s tallest hill. About a thousand years ago, when the foundations of Hungary were laid down, the Benedictine monks sensed that something magical was going on here and founded the monastery.
Ever since then they have been focusing on higher education, wine growing, maintaining their renowned arboretum, growing herbs, making medicinal oils, brewing beer, and compiling their world famous library (which you can still visit today). Don’t miss this if you happen to be traveling in the area.
The Benedictines started winemaking here, and then inspired other locals to make wine. For the longest time, the winemaking was dominated by the abbey, and their state-of-the-art winery. These days, smaller, family-run operations have also been popping up in this up-and-coming region. It has been long overdue, and it is great to see that local families are inspired by the terroir and history of this place, and that they are finding their own wine voice.
The region is not much bigger than 600 hectares, and it has a typical continental climate: hot summers, cool springs and falls, and cold winters. The region produces almost exclusively white wine, with a few very good exceptions, such as Pinot Noir, Kékfrankos, and Merlot. This is the time to discover this region’s potential through the locals who are experimenting with what they can achieve here.
The Cseri family’s winery is located in Pannonhalma, a lesser-known, but up-and-coming region in northwestern Hungary. The region is Hungary’s smallest, with less than 1,500 acres of vineyards. It is best known for its Benedictine archabbey, founded in 996. The Medieval building sits atop of a hill, commanding the landscape when you drive into the area. Most people solely associate Pannonhalma wine with the renowned winery located within the abbey. The Cseri family founded its winery in 2012 after Norbert Cseri spent many years as head winemaker at the abbey. They are one of the few families in the region who sell their wine commercially.
The Cseri family produces a variety of wines, but are especially passionate about Rhine Riesling, and they produce a series of six types every year. The entire family is involved with the winery. Eszter (Norbert’s wife) does marketing and sales. Barnabás (their son) just joined him on the winemaking side after working for a few years in the Mosel Valley. Auguszta (their daughter) is studying wine marketing in Wachau, Austria. She helps with running English-language tastings.
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| Austria | 8,500 Ft | 9,000 Ft | 10,000 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 18,500 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 27,500 Ft | 30,000 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 29,000 Ft |
| Belgium | 10,500 Ft | 11,000 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 22,500 Ft | 23,000 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 35,500 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 46,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Bulgaria | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Croatia | 10,500 Ft | 11,000 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 22,500 Ft | 23,000 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 35,500 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 46,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Czech Republic | 8,500 Ft | 9,000 Ft | 10,000 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 18,500 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 27,500 Ft | 30,000 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 29,000 Ft |
| Denmark | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Estonia | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Finland | 21,000 Ft | 22,000 Ft | 24,000 Ft | 45,000 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 49,000 Ft | 69,000 Ft | 70,000 Ft | 92,000 Ft | 75,000 Ft |
| France | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Germany | 8,500 Ft | 9,000 Ft | 10,000 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 18,500 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 27,500 Ft | 30,000 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 29,000 Ft |
| Greece (mainland) |
21,000 Ft | 22,000 Ft | 24,000 Ft | 45,000 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 49,000 Ft | 69,000 Ft | 70,000 Ft | 92,000 Ft | 75,000 Ft |
| Hungary (outside of Budapest) |
4,500 Ft | 4,500 Ft | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Hungary (Budapest) |
4,500 Ft (free for orders over 20,000 Ft) |
4,500 Ft (free for orders over 20,000 Ft) |
4,500 Ft (free for orders over 20,000 Ft) |
Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Ireland | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Italy | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Latvia | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Lithuania | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Luxembourg | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| Netherlands | 10,500 Ft | 11,000 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 22,500 Ft | 23,000 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 35,500 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 46,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Poland | 8,500 Ft | 9,000 Ft | 10,000 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 18,500 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 27,500 Ft | 30,000 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 29,000 Ft |
| Portugal | 21,000 Ft | 22,000 Ft | 24,000 Ft | 45,000 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 49,000 Ft | 69,000 Ft | 70,000 Ft | 92,000 Ft | 75,000 Ft |
| Romania | 10,500 Ft | 11,000 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 22,500 Ft | 23,000 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 35,500 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 46,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Slovakia | 8,500 Ft | 9,000 Ft | 10,000 Ft | 18,000 Ft | 18,500 Ft | 20,000 Ft | 27,500 Ft | 30,000 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 29,000 Ft |
| Slovenia | 10,500 Ft | 11,000 Ft | 12,500 Ft | 22,500 Ft | 23,000 Ft | 25,000 Ft | 35,500 Ft | 36,000 Ft | 46,000 Ft | 37,500 Ft |
| Spain | 21,000 Ft | 22,000 Ft | 24,000 Ft | 45,000 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 49,000 Ft | 69,000 Ft | 70,000 Ft | 92,000 Ft | 75,000 Ft |
| Sweden | 14,500 Ft | 15,000 Ft | 16,500 Ft | 31,000 Ft | 32,000 Ft | 33,500 Ft | 46,500 Ft | 47,000 Ft | 62,000 Ft | 50,000 Ft |
| UK | See instructions |
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