2024 Peter Nagyvaradi 'Perm' Chardonnay, Balatonmelleki, Hungary

$34.00

Organic. 100% Chardonnay from young vines planted over sandstone and volcanic basalt. Hand harvested and whole bunch pressed using a vertical basket press. Fermented with native yeasts in 225L neutral barrels and aged on the gross lees in barrel for 9 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with 10mg/l sulfitage. This is a wine where you really feel the volcanic terroir of Balaton. The bouquet is similar to wines from Tenerife or Etna, with reductive layers that give way to freshness and texture across the palate. Though direct pressed, the whole cluster basket press, and long lees aging affords the wine depth without weight, and a distinctly mineral finish. 

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