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| Weight | 48 oz |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 13 × 2 in |
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Malatinszky, Noblesse Serena Rubra, 2016
$42.90
Malatinszky Kúria, Villány Region
“Wine is a form of personal expression,” Csaba Malatinszky told us. “And my personal consciousness has evolved year by year.” Malatinszky produces 60 to 80,000 bottles of wine per year in his Villány winery, which was carefully planned to be an environmentally conscious building suitable for his focus on aging wines in small barrels. We love that he focuses on not just quickly selling his new wines, but on creating a portfolio of older vintages. His wines thrive on this extra age, and reveal an incredible amount of elegance and complexity as they age. This wine is a blend based on Cabernet Franc (70 percent), with some Cabernet Sauvignon (10 percent), and Merlot (20 percent). Most of Malatinszky’s red grapes (including these) come from the Máriagyűd vineyard and the Kövesföld slope. His wines are spontaneously fermented with native yeasts, and they are acclaimed for their smooth complexity. As with all of Malatinszky’s wines, this one really evolves as it sits in your glass. It has a nice texture and tannins that don’t come first, but then show up strongly. This wine reminds us of the flavors in a Black Forest cake (dark chocolate and sour cherries), and there are also ripe plums, blackberries, and violets. Like many of Malatinszky’s reds, the longer the wine stays open, the more savory the aroma turns (think mushrooms). This is an unfined wine, made only from the free-run juice, and matured in a mix of new and previously used 500-liter Hungarian oak barrels for 15 months. Alcohol is 14 percent. This is an organic and vegan wine. When it comes to food pairings, well, this wine is really the meal.
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