The Winery St. Margit of Nagy-Somló of Balaton

Winery St. Margit - Bazalt Somlai
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Balaton.
It is located in Nagy-Somló in the region of Balaton

The Winery St. Margit is one of the best wineries to follow in Nagy-Somló.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Nagy-Somló to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery St. Margit wines

Looking for the best Winery St. Margit wines in Nagy-Somló among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery St. Margit 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 St. Margit wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery St. Margit

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery St. Margit

How Winery St. Margit wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery St. Margit.

  • Juhfark
  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű

Discovering the wine region of Nagy-Somló

The wine region of Nagy-Somló is located in the region of Balaton of Hungary. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kreinbacher or the Domaine Kreinbacher produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Nagy-Somló are Furmint, Harslevelu and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Nagy-Somló often reveals types of flavors of citrus, cherry or pear and sometimes also flavors of stone, cheese or straw.

In the mouth of Nagy-Somló is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 27 estates and châteaux in the of Nagy-Somló, producing 122 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Nagy-Somló go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.

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Discover the grape variety: Furmint

Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.

News about Winery St. Margit and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Southern Rhône 2020: full report and top scoring wines

Southern Rhône 2020 overall rating: 4/5 Fresh, juicy and immediate reds with lower alcohol than recent years, though some lack concentration. Beautiful white wines. Southern Rhône 2020 red wine of the vintage: Domaine de la Janasse, Chaupin, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 Southern Rhône 2020 white wine of the vintage: Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 Some vintages, such as 2016 and 2018, produce one style of wine in the Southern Rhône and a very different one in the Northern Rhône. In 2 ...

Bordeaux château to ‘simulate’ 2050 vintage climate

Château La Tour Carnet said it will expose an experimental vineyard to artificially higher temperatures to replicate some of the conditions the Bordeaux 2050 vintage may face due to climate change. It’s part of the ‘Oracle’ project at the fourth growth estate, which is among those in Bordeaux seeking to understand how well classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot can adapt to climate change. At La Tour Carnet, warming cables more commonly used in aeroplanes will be employed thi ...

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).