Szenta-Hegyi Kékfrankos, 2020

Our favourite wine from 30-year-old vines of our best terroir showing the charming character of our wine region. It was awarded 92 points by James Suckling.

  • Winery: Takler Wine Estate
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Cellaring potential: 10 years
  • Number of Bottles Produced: 5 600
  • Number of Bottles Available: 5 600
  • Alcohol: 14,0 %
  • Total Acidity: 6.1 g/l
  • Residual Sugar: 0.0 g/l
  • Dry Extract: 29,6 g/l
  • Size of Bottle: 0,75 liter
  • Wine District: Szekszárd
  • Wine Region: Pannon
  • Wine District: Szekszárd
  • Wine Type: oak-aged red,
  • Wine Type: oak-aged red,
  • Sweetness level: dry,
  • Viticulture: Traditional
  • PDO, PGI, wines without GI: OEM premium
  • Grape variety/varieties (in %): 100% Kékfrankos
  • Number of NÉBIH certificate: LAIB
  • Bottle closure custom: Plastic cork
  • Brief description of viticulture, fermentation, vinification and maturation: Viticulture: 3,500 vines/ha, Guyot training system, strict yield control - 2.0 kg/vine. Harvested by hand. Fermentation in stainless steel Taucher tanks with temperature control, cultured yeast fermentation, gentle maceration, 10-12 days skin contact. Maturation: 85% in second and third filled, 15% in new Hungarian, partly French 500-litre oak barrels for 14 months.
  • Special remarks on the wine: A red wine of unique character, well-structured but at the same time sophisticated with dominant notes of sour cherry and cherry.