Dobogó – Izabella utca – Pinot noir

Variety: 100% Pinot noir

Alcohol: 12%

Acidity: 4.04 g/l

Residual sugar: 0.7 g/l

Site: Úrágya, Mád

Producer tells about Izabella utca:

“We chose the Úrágya (literally, “the Lord’s Bed) vineyard for our Izabella Utca for its extraordinary complexity and richness. We revived a long forgotten tradition in the planting of Pinot Noir since red wines had been made in the wine region before the Phylloxera. We planted our vines in 2005, and have been making our wine each year since 2008. Our approach is based on careful clone selection, a lot of work in the vineyard, very low yields, a small wooden press we restored and a very simple winemaking procedure.

The result is the Izabella Utca; while aware of the long road it still has ahead in order to become truly great, a wine that has an innate confidence hidden in that salty taste and mineral notes that only Tokaj can give. Utca in Hungarian means “street”, and the Izabella utca branches off one of downtown Budapest’s main Boulevards. Here it symbolizes the Dobogó way, which is to delve into the depths of the Tokaj tradition, as the vine searches for water, while bringing to life something new and exciting, dreams that keep us awake at night.”