Bencze Birtok, Kék 2022 Riesling intense and silky

intense and silky

Slovenian wine

Crack this open next time you're cooking something fancy

A nicely complex wine bottled conveniently in a featherweight frame where ease of consumption is absolutely not an issue

Bencze Birtok, Kék 2022 Riesling intense and silkyPlace: Badacsony, Hungary Grape: Kadarka Vibe: Natural, Juicy Another super rare, ultra local variety for the heads. This time from a late ripening, thick skinned grape that was nearly lost to extinction. Bencze coaxes out a pure snapshot of the varietal, but in a light, luminous expression. That signature line of acidity and drinkability is on full display, yet there are layers upon layers to unpack in this wine. Raw yet precise. Again, 300 btls, we