Benedek Kekfrankos

Péter Benedek is a third-generation winemaker crafting small-batch, traditional wines in the
highland wine region of Mátra with his father and brother. Mátra is northeast of Budapest, with continental climate and a hilly terrain. This is Péter’s favorite grape, the one he thinks best expresses the region’s climate and terroir.

The Kékfrankos from Benedek has sour cherry flavors, with nice, concentrated forest fruits on the palate. Fermented and aged in stainless steel tank on the fine lees for 6 months.

The grapes come from 15-year-old vines in the family’s 1 hectare Szárazvölgy vineyard in
Gyöngyöstarján. The estate in Gyöngyöstarján is hilly, with good drainage and regular breeze. The topsoil is thin and the deeper layers have a high clay content, which keeps moisture on the vines during the dry summer months. Under brown topsoil is volcanic soil, rich with chalk and rhyolite. The yield is limited to 2 kg of grapes per vine.

After destemming and crushing, fermentation began in stainless steel tanks. The wine
remained on the skins for 6 days. The wine remained in stainless steel tank on the lees for 5 months before bottling.

Technical data:
a. Sulphur dioxide at bottling (free/total): 5/80 mg/L
b. PH: 3.35
c. Acid (g/L): 5.3 g/L
d. C6 sugars (g/L): 0.9 g/L
e. Alcohol percentage: 12.12%