The Winery Markota of Continental Region

The Winery Markota is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Continental Region to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Markota wines in Continental Region among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Markota 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 Markota wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Markota wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of daube niçoise, meatballs catalan style or traditional tunisian couscous.
Hungary/Eger/matra">Mátra is a PDO wine region in Northern Central Hungary with Vineyards dotting the lower slopes of the Mátra mountain range, Part of the North Hungarian Mountains. The region is known for its Aromatic whites and, in smaller volumes, well structured red wines.
The proncipal white Grape varieties grown here are Rizlingzilváni, Chasselas, Muscat Ottonel, Olaszriesling (Welschriesling), Chardonnay, Irsay Oliver and Tramini (Traminer). Kékfrankos dominates red wine here, having usurped Kadarka.
Cabernet Sauvignon and Zweigelt also feature.
Situated close to the border with Slovakia, it is the westernmost viticultural district in a group of three with Bukk and Eger. As of 2019 there were 6,012 hectares (14,856 acres) of authorized varieties growing within the PDO borders, and about 7,500ha in all.
This makes Mátra the second largest PDO wine region in Hungary - behind Pannon but above Tokaj which had 5,618ha of approved vineyards in 2019.
Much of the output in Mátra is produced by large cooperative wineries such as Nagyréde.
The geology of the Mátra foothills is mainly volcanic, and most of the wine produced here is white. This is something it has in common with Rangen, Alsace's Grand Cru vineyard, where a similar portfolio of aromatic white varieties grow in black basalt-rich soils. Rangen and Mátra's main town, Gyöngyös, occupy precisely the same latitude (47.
How Winery Markota wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rice with sausage meat and tomatoes, pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.
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