Vineyard: Mád, Nyúlászó dűlő
Planted: 1928
Ground: quartz, weathered pumice rhyolite tuff, yellow clay. Subsoil with many layers of broken quartz tuff, pumice, rhyolite tuff and pyroxene-andesite (at a depth of 7 m). Fissures between the dense stones are filled with montmorillonite, kaolinite, illite, potassium feldspar and zeolite.)
Harvest: 30th September 2013
Sugar: 3 g/l
Alcohol: 14.0 %
Winemaking: The grapes were picked in plastic boxes, then destemmed, crushed, hand-pressed and fermented and aged in second-fill medium toasted 400 l Zemplén oak barrels, then racked and sulphured. After 7 months it was bottled in the new green 0.75l Tokaj shape bottles which bear the name Tokaj. With a glass stopper. The name on the label is SZEPSY NYÚLÁSZÓ ’58.
Nyúlászó Vineyard, Parcel “58”, covers 3043-m2 on the SE side, under the ridge. Planted in 1928, the vineyard has Furmint vines with many bunch types that are cordon-trained at mid-height. Subsoil is many-layered of broken quartz tuff, rhyolite pumice, rhyolite tuff and pyroxene andesite (at a depth of 7 m). The gaps between the solid rocks are filled with montmorillonite, kaolinite, illite, orthoclase and zeolite.
The balance of the fruit-to-leaf ratio is continually tuned by István Szepsy himself from the end of May to the harvest. 100 % healthy, yellow bunches under 120g were harvested on 30th September 2013. Crushed and destemmed, there was then one night of maceration. After settling the must fermented in a 400-litre second-fill barrel. Racked off and sulphured, the wine is continuing to age in a 220 l barrel.
Character of the 2013 Nyúlászó ’58: serious body, dense structure with long, complex acidity, exceedingly mineral but fragrant and with fruits (peach, pear) accompanied by sweet alyssum and a touch of oak.
Tasting notes: “The slowly opening bouquet reveals hints of William’s pear, quince and apricot. On the palate, these fruit aromas make room for tart minerals, a muscular body and round alcohol. The terroir is so dominant in the taste that any other flavours — be it sundried fruit or wood — are relegated to the background. The acids mitigate seriousness of this wine.” (Gabriella Mészáros)
Estimate:
1 420 – 1 600 000 Ft/barrel (7800 – 8900 Ft/bottle)
4800 – 5500 EUR/barrel (26 – 29 EUR/bottle)
Quantity: 136 litres – 182 x 750 ml bottles – 1 Gönci barrel
Szepsy
H-3909 Mád
Batthyány u. 59.
Tel.: +36 47 348 349
Fax: +36 47 348 724
szepsyistvan@t-online.hu
www.szepsy.hu
