When we tasted this Riesling for the first time at ProWein 2023, it was immediately clear to us: we have to have it! From 50-year-old vines from the single vineyard TARÁNYI, on the southern slopes of Szent György-hegy, just a few kilometers from the shores of Lake Balaton. As with all Gilvesy vineyard wines, the grapes are hand-picked, then spontaneously fermented and aged in Hungarian oak. The 500l wooden barrels are always bought new from a well-known barrel maker in the north of the country and the wines are then aged in them in a mixture of different barrel occupancies with long yeast storage. Radiant, very precise, a warm minerality in the nose. More on the herbaceous, herbal side than on the primary fruity side, plus that smoky minerality. Could also pass as a Riesling from Germany in any blind sample, somewhere between P.J. Kühn and the Vulkan Rieslings from the Nahe. Great Riesling cinema!