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A Wine Tasting at Borvin

wine tasting budapestBottlehugger Ben and I recently checked out some possible new wines to be served at Treehugger events. Our friendly host was Budai Victoria of Bonvin at Izabella u. 81. The shop has a wide selection of wines and some Italian cheeses. I pleased that Bonvin provided for a proper wine tasting - some crackers, water, and a caraffe to pour the uninbibed wine into. We tried 7 wines:


Egri Leanyka - Toth Ferenc Vineyard
Tokalj Furmint 2007 (half-dry) - Babits Vineyard.  Ben really liked this one, but I am not a fan of Furmint unless it is quite dry.
Voros Fekete Syrah - Koporos Vineyard, Eger region, a bit of merlot and cab.sauv, great full aroma with a hefty spicy end. This was definitely the highlight.
Egri Bikaver - Toth Ferenc Vineyard, good, nicely dry
Egri Bikaver - Koporos Vineyard, nice thick aroma
Zoldvetelini - Bankert Siklosi (near Villany) 2010, very fruity, grapefruit, maybe papaya
Tokalj Aszu 3 pottonyos - Babits Vineyard