Jasz Laci "Rising Sun" Hungary 2022

Jasz Laci "Rising Sun" Hungary 2022The enigmatic Jsz Laci is making some of the most uncompromising wines in Somlo. Despite making some of the most exciting expressions of the region's intense volcanic terroir, his wines never get the Somlo designation. This is because Hungary's wine bureaucracy is even more hardheaded and antagonistic to natural wines than France's. Even though he bottles under the most basic Hungarian wine classification, the government still forces him to add sulfur

crisply detailed wines in the area with just seven hectares of vines

have now taken over much of the work there

so do what’s right: Wind down

quite literally from the ground up

Daniele Manoni

Stand upright for 24 hours before opening to allow any sediment to fall to the bottom

with just a small sulfur addition at bottling

We take care of our people

the decision to work without sulfur is to fully realize “the accomplishment of the work which has been done in the vineyards

In the cellar

Greg Rubin

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