Winery SimonBikavér
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Pinot noir and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bikavér of Winery Simon in the region of Eger often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Bikavér
Pairings that work perfectly with Bikavér
Original food and wine pairings with Bikavér
The Bikavér of Winery Simon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew, sri lankan lamb rolls (mutton rolls) or veal curry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Simon's Bikavér.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bikavér from Winery Simon are 2009, 2012
Informations about the Winery Simon
The Winery Simon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 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: Erinosis
Generally benign condition caused by a very small mite. The infested leaves show blisters on the upper surface, sometimes reddish, sometimes green, to which corresponds on the lower surface a dense felting, first pinkish white, then brownish or reddish.
