The Winery Gal Lajos of Eger

Winery Gal Lajos
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 87 of the estates of Eger.
It is located in Eger

The Winery Gal Lajos is one of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Eger to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gal Lajos wines

Looking for the best Winery Gal Lajos wines in Eger among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gal Lajos wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Gal Lajos wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Gal Lajos

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gal Lajos

How Winery Gal Lajos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of fondue savoyarde style, spinach and goat cheese quiche or home-made white pudding.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gal Lajos

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gal Lajos. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gal Lajos

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.58/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gal Lajos.

  • Olaszrizling
  • Királyleányka
  • Chardonnay
  • Cserszegi Füszeres
  • Muscat Ottonel
  • Bianca

Discovering the wine region of Eger

Emblematic Hungarian region in the north, home of the legendary Egri Bikavér ("Bull's Blood"). A blend of fleshy, spicy reds with signature notes of black cherry, ripe plum, paprika, sweet spices and tobacco, round tannins. Mandatory base of Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch), blended with fruity Kadarka, peppery Cabernet Franc and supple Merlot. Also Egri Csillag in white ("Star of Eger"), fresh and aromatic.

Volcanic rhyolite tuff soils, troglodyte cellars. ~5,400 ha.

The top red wines of Winery Gal Lajos

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gal Lajos

How Winery Gal Lajos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes or simple and fragrant roast veal.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gal Lajos

On the nose the red wine of Winery Gal Lajos. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gal Lajos

  • 2012With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.59/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Gal Lajos.

  • Kékfrankos
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Kadarka

Supple, spicy reds with a clear ruby robe, fine tannins and fresh acidity, showing aromas of red cherry, raspberry, sweet paprika, pepper, spices and herbal notes. Airy palate, signature spiced finish. Historic component of Bull's Blood (Egri Bikavér) and star of Szekszárd reds in Hungary; also present in Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania and North Macedonia. Native Hungarian variety, one of the most historic of the Balkans.

The top pink wines of Winery Gal Lajos

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gal Lajos

How Winery Gal Lajos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Tressallier

White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.

Discover the grape variety: Bianca

Lively, fresh dry whites with a pale golden hue, a supple palate and preserved acidity, with simple aromas of citrus, green apple, pear, white flowers and light muscat hints. Refreshing, drink young. Disease-resistant interspecific variety, a locomotive of northern organic vineyards: Hungary, Austria, Italy, Serbia and the United States. Hungarian hybrid created in 1963 (Eger 2 × Bouvier), signature of central European organic wines.

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