Winery JanusPortugieser
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Janus's Portugieser.
Discover the grape variety: Juwel
Aromatic, fine whites with a pale golden robe and an airy palate, with signature aromas of white flowers, white-fleshed fruit (apple, pear) and delicate notes. Supple and accessible profile. Grown on small surfaces in Germany, remains very niche, used in blends or for dry whites. German white variety obtained at Geisenheim (riesling × pinot blanc), medium ripening.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Portugieser from Winery Janus are 0, 2012
Informations about the Winery Janus
The Winery Janus is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Villány to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Villány
Hungary's hottest region, kingdom of powerful reds in the south. Signature Cabernet Franc ("Villányi Franc"): deep and refined with notes of ripe blackcurrant, black pepper, violet, graphite and tobacco, firm tannins and great ageing potential. Also fleshy, spicy Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch), supple, fruity Portugieser, round Merlot and dense Cabernet Sauvignon. Successful Bordeaux blends.
The wine region of Dél-Pannónia
Southern Hungary (Pécs, Szekszárd, Villány, Tolna), ~7,800 ha on loess and limestone, continental climate with Mediterranean influences — bastion of great Hungarian reds. Kékfrankos and Kadarka signatures as native red kings: spiced and structured with black cherry, blackberry, plum, paprika, pepper and smoky hint, firm tannins. Ripe Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon in Bordeaux blends at Villány. Specialities Szekszárdi Bikavér and unique Cirfandli white at Pécs (spiced, honeyed).
The word of the wine: Tries (harvest by)
Harvesting in several successive passages to harvest at their optimal concentration the grapes affected by noble rot. They allow the production of great sweet wines.
