St. Andrea Winery

Region: Eger

We belive Eger is one of the most exciting wine regions of Hungary. WE are greatfult that we have the possibility to grow grapes here.

Producing red and white wines from the same area is a particularly challenging task. We, at St. Andrea Winery, would like to create terroir-specific character wines based on traditions and follow the requirements of today’s quality winemaking.

Old varieties, like Olaszrizling, Hárslevelű, Furmint, Kadarka and Kékfrankos take priority here. We seek to know more about our terroirs and parcels, to improve our cultivation and also to adjust the steps of our winemaking according to the different varieties.
….and put our heart and soul into understand the essence of our earthly mission.

St. Andrea Winery

We built our small, family-sized cellar at the focal point of the vineyards, at the foot of the hill, in an environment that is easy to fall in love with. We make our wine here with minimal intervention using only healthy and ripe grapes with nothing added.

St. Andrea wine estate grows wine in four different locatities, in nine different Vineyards and slopes. In most of these terroirs we can find volcanic remains of rhyolite tuff. The top layers are of different depths and density but most cases contain a considerable amount of clay.

Eger wine region

Eger wine region is located in the north-east of Hungary, at the foot of the Bükk mountains. It is an area of unique possibilities, where the cultivation of both red adn white grapes has been widespread.

The climate of this wine region is rather cool, and it is duly represented in the wines’ character, namely in their exciting acidity, rich aromas, not overpoweringly present tannins and their elegance.


None of these would be realized if Eger did not have a soil so fundamentally rich in character. It is complex and varied. Here the lower layer rhyolite tuff of volcanic origin dominates, and is covered by hard, deep brown soil rich in clay. Moreover, composition of the soil in the slopes and vineyards is breathtakingly colourful and unique, where lime, slate, zeolite, marl and sandstone, or a combination of these can be found, giving the wine a strong character.

Awards

Áldás Egri Bikavér Superior 2018 – Bull’s Blood

  • Decanter Magazine – Wine of the Year 2020, red and rose category, UK

Merengő Egri Bikavér Superior 2017 – Bull’s Blood

  • Silver medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, UK

 Igazán Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2016 – Bull’s Blood

  • Silver medal – Sommelier Wine Awards 2020, UK
  • Bronze medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, UK

 Nagy – Eged – hegy Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2016

  • Silver medal – Sommelier Wine Awards 2020, UK
  • Bronze medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, UK

 Nagy – Eged Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2017

  • Bronze medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, UK

 Merengő Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2013

  • Silver medal – Sommelier Wine Awards 2020, UK
  • Bronze medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2020, UK
  • Silver medal – Challenge International du Vin 2018, France

 Merengő Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2016

  • 100/90 points – Robert Parker/Wine Advocate, 2019

 Axios Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2016

  • 100/88 points – Robert Parker/Wine Advocate, 2019

 Hangács Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2015

  • Bronze medal – International Wine Challenge 2018, UK

 Napbor Egri Cuvee 2017

  • Gold medal – Challenge International du Vin 2018, France

 Örökké Egri Cuvee Grand Superior 2014

  • Bronze medal – International Wine Challenge – UK

 Áldás Egri Bikavér 2013

  • Silver medal – Grand Prix Vinex – Czech Republic

 Hangács Egri Bikavér Grand Superior 2012

  • Silver medal – Grand Prix Vinex – Czech Republic

 

ST. ANDREA’S WINES ON VINOTEK.HU

St. Andrea Winery’s Wines on Vinotek.hu