The Winery Zelna of Balaton

Winery Zelna
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Balaton.
It is located in Balaton

The Winery Zelna is one of the best wineries to follow in Balaton.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Balaton to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zelna wines

Looking for the best Winery Zelna wines in Balaton among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Zelna 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 Zelna wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Zelna

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zelna

How Winery Zelna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of trio salad: cabbage, ham, comté, cream and tuna quiche or salmon koulibiac.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zelna

On the nose the white wine of Winery Zelna. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or non oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zelna

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.41/5

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

  • Olaszrizling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Furmint
  • Szürkebarát

Discovering the wine region of Balaton

Balatonboglar (South Balaton) is one of several wine regions on the shores of Lake Balaton, in the Transdanubia region of western Hungary. Lake Balaton is a Long, thin freshwater lake measuring almost 80 kilometers (50 miles) in Length, sometimes referred to as the 'Hungarian Sea. ' It is the largest lake in Central Europe and Hungary's most popular tourist destination. A wide portfolio of the popular, internationally recognized Grape varieties are grown here, including a number of the French classics.

Balatonboglar's Sparkling wines are increasingly successful, many of which are based on the classic Champagne recipe of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The region also produces a range of ripe, Fruity reds, mostly from Gamay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Syrah grapes. Dry whites from Balatonboglar are likely to be based on Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and Muscat Blanc, which are also popular on the western side of the lake. The lake also plays a vital role in moderating the Climate in western Hungary.

It is largely due to the presence of the lake (as well as Lake Neusiedl, or the Neusiedlersee) that high quality viticulture is possible here. Without the moderating influence of these two bodies of water, the climate would be more continental, with soaring summer temperatures and very cold winters. The significance of the lake is reflected in the fact that Balaton is referenced in many of the names of the regions, towns and villages in the area. The two other winemaking regions in the area are named Balatonfured-Csopa and Balaton Felvidek.

The top red wines of Winery Zelna

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zelna

How Winery Zelna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), lamb confit with new potatoes or spanish paella.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zelna

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zelna. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Zelna. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zelna

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Zelna.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Zweigelt

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Zelna

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zelna

How Winery Zelna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, rabbit marinated with herbs and mustard or lamb tagine with apricots.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zelna

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Zelna.

  • Merlot
  • Kékfrankos
  • Zweigelt

The word of the wine: PGI

Protected geographical indication. Equivalent to vin de pays in European regulations.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zelna

Planning a wine route in the of Balaton? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Zelna.

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 Zelna and wines from the region

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The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

The word of the wine: PGI

Protected geographical indication. Equivalent to vin de pays in European regulations.