Top 100 wines of Mátra - Page 2

Discover the top 100 best wines of Mátra of Mátra as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Mátra and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Mátra

The wine region of Mátra is located in the region of Eger of Hungary. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine N. A. G.

Borművek or the Domaine Bárdos es Fia produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mátra are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mátra often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or citrus fruit. We currently count 38 estates and châteaux in the of Mátra, producing 192 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Mátra go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Mátra

wines from the region of Mátra go well with generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of bacon and warm goat cheese quiche, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or traditional tunisian couscous.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Mátra

On the nose in the region of Mátra often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, vegetal or citrus fruit.

News from the vineyard of Mátra

Sussex winery sweeps the board at WineGB Awards

Artelium clinched the Newcomer of the Year award, and then went on to win trophies for the best Blanc de Blancs and the Top Sparkling Wine of 2022. It was finally crowned Supreme Champion at the WineGB Awards for its Blanc de Blancs 2015. Mark Collins and Julie Bretland, a husband-and-wife team, launched Artelium after quitting their jobs to follow their passion for wine. They started out by purchasing grapes from growers, but they now have 85,000 vines spread across an 18ha estate in Sussex. Ar ...

Sussex wine producers celebrate after earning PDO status

Producers including Rathfinny, Ridgeview and Bolney embarked upon their quest to turn Sussex into an appellation back in 2015. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now finally recognised Sussex wine as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). It will enter the register on 5 July, 2022, giving Sussex wine the same legal status as Jersey Royal potatoes, Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese. Mark Driver, the former hedge fund manager who set up Rathfinny Wine Estat ...

Join us for our first Decanter Taste With The Experts event

For the first time ever, Decanter is offering readers and wine lovers alike the chance to see behind the scenes of our renowned panel tastings and experience first hand what it means to taste like an expert. Decanter’s panel tastings are one of the most rigorous exercises in blind tasting, where a panel of three experts taste and score up to 100 wines a day, based on criteria set by the Decanter editorial team. We’re delighted to announced that this autumn will see the start of our n ...