Egri 2006 Leanyka - Szarvas Karoly - Eger, Hungary
Well, here’s something a little different on the wine front. I got this in the wine town of Eger in central Hungary back in 2008. Yes, there’s a story to this one too – I like there being a story behind where I get my wine, better than just trundling to the liquor store I guess!
Anyway, it’s June 2008 and I have a wedding to go to in a small town called Kishvarda in eastern Hungary near the border with the Ukraine. The groom (Zsolt Katona) has one of his friends (Gabor) pick us up in Budapest to drive to the wedding the day before. We stop in a small town called Eger to buy wine – for those in the know this is where the famous “Bulls Blood” wine comes from.
We picked up some of that, and I had this bottle still loafing around at the back of my fridge, winerack for a few years now. So it was time to try it chilled last weekend.
I’m not sure what grapes it’s made with and I’m not having any luck matching it on the internet with anything I know. It’s got low acidity and consequently smooth and well aged, but still good fruit, although probably just about on it’s last legs.
So if you happen to be in Hungary, and can somehow read the label, or at least be better armed that I was with the translation, the wine caves of Eger are wonderful to visit – go with a Hungarian, it’ll be even more fun.
I’m looking forward to some more interesting wine experiences in Hungary as their wine country takes of – the land of amazing Tokay. Also try wine tasting in a castle – just super.
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