Notice: Function register_sidebar was called incorrectly. No id was set in the arguments array for the "Primary - Index" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-1". Manually set the id to "sidebar-1" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /customers/d/f/6/vinosseur.com/httpd.www/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5835 Notice: Function register_sidebar was called incorrectly. No id was set in the arguments array for the "Primary - Post" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-2". Manually set the id to "sidebar-2" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /customers/d/f/6/vinosseur.com/httpd.www/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5835 Notice: Function register_sidebar was called incorrectly. No id was set in the arguments array for the "Secondary - Shared" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-3". Manually set the id to "sidebar-3" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /customers/d/f/6/vinosseur.com/httpd.www/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5835 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /customers/d/f/6/vinosseur.com/httpd.www/wp-includes/functions.php:5835) in /customers/d/f/6/vinosseur.com/httpd.www/wp-includes/feed-rss2-comments.php on line 8 Comments on: A tasting note: 2008 St. Andrea Pinot Noir Ferenchegy https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/ ...spontaneously fermenting Mon, 23 May 2011 10:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 By: vinosseur https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/#comment-269 Mon, 23 May 2011 10:06:04 +0000 http://vinosseur.com/?p=3731#comment-269 Kuba,

Thanks for your comments! Yes, I know, i have become quite allergic to oak, preferring the naked style of wines instead.
I need to hear more about Imre’s wines and taste them! I have only seen his wines in photos and in video, but not in real life! I must get to Hungary soon!

cheers,

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By: Kuba Janicki https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/#comment-268 Mon, 23 May 2011 09:26:28 +0000 http://vinosseur.com/?p=3731#comment-268 Oh, and one more thing – Imre Kalo, this crazy guy from Eger, was announced Winemakers’ Winemaker of the Year 2011 during this amazing Etyek Festval! Just another reason to finally find his wines…

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By: Kuba Janicki https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/#comment-267 Mon, 23 May 2011 08:44:06 +0000 http://vinosseur.com/?p=3731#comment-267 I am not such an enemy of the oak – one cannot be if he wants to enjoy Hungarian red wines in general – and in my subjective opinion in case of this bottle it was very nicely integrated, yet of course present. I still have a Paptag 2008 – and I think Wojtek is right, there was 2006 bottles in Imola’s wine list…

And one more thing – I guess many Hungarians would rather say that Villanyi (in the south of the Hungary) is their best red wine region. They work mostly with Bordeaux varieties there, for some realy interesting effects (Josef Bock is a classic, recently I enjoyed wines from a producer called Vylyan, all of them al least decent). But you must now Joseph, they like to oak a lot in Villanyi as well…

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By: vinosseur https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/#comment-266 Mon, 23 May 2011 07:44:05 +0000 http://vinosseur.com/?p=3731#comment-266 In reply to Wojciech Bońkowski.

Wojciech,

Would you believe I actually drank that bottle right here in Krakow? A friend of mine whom you might know, Kuba (http://kontretykieta.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/daleko-od-babel/) shared it with me.
I appreciate your comments tremendously because the Eger region is one I have not tasted often. It’s too bad that my first experience with this producer had to be with a not so favorable vintage. I now look forward to tasting their other wines and vintages.
One thing that was unclear to me on the their website was the sort of approach they took in the vineyards/wine making? They mentioned the word “natural” a few times, but I don’t think they meant natural in the way that I mean natural. Just curious… It didn’t seem to be a wine fermented spontaneously which often suggests a more natural approach.

Thank you,

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By: Wojciech Bońkowski https://vinosseur.com/a-tasting-note-2008-st-andrea-pinot-noir-ferenchegy/#comment-265 Sun, 22 May 2011 19:06:30 +0000 http://vinosseur.com/?p=3731#comment-265 Thanks for the note Joseph. 2008 isn’t considered even a decently good vintage in the region, just FYI. 2006 and 2007 Pinots Noirs from St. Andrea are drinking nicely now.
If you’re still there try the Csakegyszoval – the basic PN bottling with less oak – or the Hangacs which IMHO is the best of the three cru bottling, very Burgundian and deep. (Hard to get though but Imola restaurant in Eger should have it on the list).

My write-up of St. A. is here: http://blog.polishwineguide.com/2009/11/09/the-wines-of-st-andrea/.

Have a nice stay!

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