Winery Gal LajosEgri Bikavér Superior
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Egri Bikavér Superior of the Winery Gal Lajos is in the top 80 of wines of Eger.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Egri Bikavér Superior of Winery Gal Lajos in the region of Eger often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gal Lajos's Egri Bikavér Superior.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Egri Bikavér Superior from Winery Gal Lajos are 2012, 2015, 2011, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Gal Lajos
The Winery Gal Lajos is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Eger to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Eger
Eger, in northeastern Hungary, is a wine region best known for its Egri Bikavér wine, popularly known as "Bull's Blood". Although Sweet, white Tokaji remains unrivaled as Hungary's most famous wine overall, Bikavér (Bull's Blood) is surely the country's most famous red. The style – a Complex blend of several dark-skinned grapes – was first made in the late 19th Century, in Szekszard (200 kilometers/130 miles southwest of Eger). It rose to international fame in the 1970s, when the state-owned Egervin winery monopolized production of the style, and successfully promoted it on export markets.
The word of the wine: Hybrid
Term designating grape varieties obtained from two different vine species.
