Nászút helyett / INSTEAD OF THE HONEYMOON 2023

To the ’joy of the family’, I used the money put aside for the honeymoon to buy this vineyard. I ‘had to’, it was love at first sight. This small estate has since become a symbol for us of togetherness, challenge, and the ever-renewing happiness.

It is clear that cabernet franc has found its home in Villány, and is the key to its future. Nothing proves my trust in the variety better than the fact that, long before the birth of Villányi Franc wine region brand in 2009, I planted only Cabernet Franc grapes and since then, I have been searching for the different faces of Franc.

According to the Villány appellation control system, “Villányi Franc” appellation is a carefully selected 100% cabernet franc – the flagship brand of the wine region. 

• If Inni jó is the embodiment of easy-rolling fruitiness, then Nászút- Villányi Franc is is the spicy, elegant character that proudly carries the signature of barrel aging. It’s not worth analyzing the different notes, as its beauty lies in its seamless complexity, unity, and harmony – a wine that simply feels complete.

The ripe fruity character opens with sweet aromas, followed by hints of cocoa powder and truffle. Then the palate unfolds into a full, beautifully structured wine with velvety tannins and a long, intense finish.

Let it time to open, taste it from a large glass.

Winemaking, ageing:

Hand-harvested on 24-25 September 2023. After berrying, sorting on a sorting table came a few days of cold maceration, fermentation, yeast inoculation, pumping over and a little racking with 14 days on skins. Pressed with an old – timeless Kossuth press, where the press fraction was not included, so the ’Honeymoon contains only the finest wine.

After malolactic fermentation in tank, the wine was aged in barrel for 20 months in Hungarian and French barrels; new and a few years old. Bottled in March 2026, bottled gently, without pumping with 1 micron membrane filter, premium Diam cork.

• Villányi Franc
• Premium wine, Villány DHC (Districtus Hungaricus Controllatus Villány)
• Vintage: 2023
• Alcohol: 14,1 %, Residual sugar: 1,3 g/l, Total acidity: 4,9 g/l