THE PAUSE Szurkebarat 2018

Laposa is a family-run winery located on the edge of beautiful Lake Balaton . The family cultivates 17 hectares which extend over the most suitable terroirs of the volcanic hillocks of the Badacsony wine region, where the unique basalt layers of the soil and the particular microclimate allow balanced and mineral wines to be obtained. This land was already known to the Romans! Laposa produces mainly white wines, using the traditional local grape varieties typical of the Badacsony wine region. The estate aims to express minerality, elegance and subtlety in their wines. On the palate, it is a lively and elegant wine which reveals notes of ripe pear , peach , green apple , acacia flowers , flint and lime . A very balanced wine with beautiful tension and a fresh and saline finish.

It was the Romans who planted the first vines at a time when the Country was part of a region called Pannonia. It was at the dawn of the 18th century that Hungary, united with Austria, ensured the export of its most famous wine throughout Europe: Tokaj (from the Furmint grape variety). As throughout Europe, in the 19th century, viticulture was destroyed by phylloxera. During the communist period, vineyards were managed in cooperatives which guaranteed a stable income for wine producers. Quite a few small winegrowers were unable to keep up with this growing economy, so the Hungarian vineyard was restructured, losing 30% of its surface area in the process. Nowadays, many family estates have emerged, some of which produce wines of incredible quality. As everywhere in Europe, viticulture is in decline as part of the European restructuring plan for the wine industry. Hungary, which is at the same latitude as Burgundy, has a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The rainfall is sufficient for non-irrigated viticulture and the soils are heterogeneous and of high quality depending on the region. With around a hundred indigenous and international grape varieties, the country has good varietal diversity. The fürmint and the hárslevelű from the Tokaj region, vinified dry and at the origin of the great sweet wines of Tokaj, are undoubtedly the best-known varieties today. The most widely planted grape variety is Olaszrizling for whites and Kékfrankos for reds. International grape varieties, mainly Bordeaux grape varieties, flourish in particular in the south of the country where they produce high-class wines.