Guilty Pleasure Blog Portugieser Du Monde 2013
Portugieser Du Monde 12-13 April 2013 - Pécs, Hungary
by stasa cafuta trcek (text and photo)
Guilty Pleasure Portugieser Wine
The first Portugieser Du Monde wine competition and festival took place in April on the 12th and 13th at the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter in the city of Pécs, European Capital of Culture in 2010. The competition was the first day in Villány, in the Bock Winery where international jury from Hungary, Croatia, Chile, Poland and Slovenia judge wines from three categories: young Portugiesers (vintage of 2012); vintage Portugiesers (vintages 2011 or earlier) and blends with a min. 25 percent Portugieser-content.
Portugieser is an essential and important grape variety in Central Europe, it is however rarely celebrated in the world of wines. To avoid keeping Portugieser in the background, the wine magazin Pécsi Borozó organized the event.
For some poeple Portugieser is known as “wine without big words” but for me it has many faces, from young to much more serious. After this event I can admit, Portugieser is my Guilty Pleasure Wine.
P.s. Cabernet Franc was another great Hungarian wine discovery.
My TOP Portugieser at Festival
Villányi Portugieser 2012, dry, 13%, Janus (Janusbor.hu), Hungary
PortaGéza Selection 2012, dry, Bock Winery, Villány, Hungary
Portugizac Kutjevo 2006, dry, Krauthaker, Croatia
List of the awarded wines:
The Champion Prize was awarded to the wine Ruppert Ákos Villányi Portugieser 2012.
The category of vintage Portugiesers (vintages 2011 or earlier) saw the triumph of a true “bio-wine”, the Wassmann Bormanufaktúra Villányi Portugieser 2011 (which also won the absolute ranking with the highest number of points).
Among blends with a min. 25 percent Portugieser-content the championship was awarded to the Blum Pince Styrum Villányi Cuvée 2007.
Gold medal:
Vylyan Pincészet Macska Villányi Portugieser 2012, Lelovits Pince Villányi Portugieser 2012, Jekl Béla Villányi Portugieser 2012, Boross Család Pincészete Villányi Portugieser 2012, Bock Pince Villányi PortaGéza Selection 2012, vassay Levente Villányi Portugieser 2012, Szemes József Villányi Portugieser 2012, Vlado Krauthaker Portugizac Kutjevo 2012 (Croatia), Szende Gábor Villányi Portugieser 2012, Günzer Zoltán Villányi Portugieser 2012, Jackfall Gesztenyés Villányi Portugieser 2011
Silver medal:
Mokos Családi Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2011, Drago Režek Portugizac Plešivica 2012 (Croatia), Polgár Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2012, Polgár Pincészet Villányi Birtok Cuvée 2011, Maczkó Róbert Pincészete Villányi Portugieser 2012, Vlado Krauthaker Portugizac Kutjevo 2006 (Croatia), Boross Család Pincészete Villányi Remete Páros 2011, Sauska Villányi Portugieser 2012, Linbrunn Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2012, Wassmann Villányi Mundia Cuvée 2009, Lantos Pincészet Kunsági Portugieser 2009, Jekl Béla Villányi Portugieser2007, Halasi Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2012, Jekl Béla Villányi Portugieser 2011, Planina Borház Mohácsi Lárfa Cuvée 2012, Linbrunn Pincészet Villányi Cziráki Cuvée 2010, Dúzsi Tamás Marci Cuvée 2012, Mayer Róbert Pincészete Villányi Portugieser 2012, Csányi Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2012, Müller János Villányi Portugieser 2012, VinArt Villányi Portugieser 2012, KZ Metlika Portugalka Bela Krajina ’75’ 2012 (Slovenia), Mačkov Podrum Portugizer 2012 (Serbia), Janus Borház Villányi Portugieser 2012, Szende Gábor Villányi Portugieser 2009, KZ Metlika Portugalka Bela Krajina 2012 (Slovenia), Mokos Családi Pincészet Villányi Portugieser 2012, Gere Tamás és Zsolt Villányi Portugieser 2011
More:
www.pecsiborozo.hu/portugieser#ANGOL
