BLEU DE HONGRIE 2024

Name: BLEU DE HONGRIE 2024
Brand: Kolonia 52
SKU: SW-KOLONIA-52-BLEU-DE-HONGRIE-2024
Price: 25.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Hungary , Balaton

Dark fruit meets volcanic earth. Cherry, cranberry, black pepper, forest floor. Deep. Spiced. Contemplative.

Wine Type: Red

Size: 750ml

Grapes: 100% Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch)

Drinking Window: 2025 – 2031

Vintage: 2024

Alcohol: 12%

Food Pairings: Hearty sausages · Game stew · Aged sheep cheese

Nutrients: per 100 ml: energy 327 kJ / 78 kcal, carbs 0.4 g, of which sugars 0.4 g. Contains small amounts of fat, saturated fat, protein, salt. No added sulphites.

€25 €33,33/L

The name is a poetic French translation of the grape: 'Hungarian Blue.' Kékfrankos is Blaufränkisch is Bleu de Hongrie — and at Kolonia 52, it shows what this grape can do on volcanic soil. Whole-cluster fermented, half foot-stomped, aged almost a year in a single 600L barrel. The dragon on the label references the local legend of Szent György-hegy — St. George's hill — where these vines grow. Each label is a linocut, printed on organic paper with soy ink.

Handpicked Kékfrankos from volcanic terroir, Balaton. Whole-cluster maceration — half foot-stomped, half left intact. 10 days on skins in open vats. Pressed and aged 11 months in a 600L old oak barrel. Bottled by gravity. No filtering, no fining, no additions.

Serve around 14°C. Take it out of the fridge 15–20 minutes before opening.

If you have a decanter or any wide vessel, pour it in and wait 15 minutes. It softens nicely and the fruit comes forward. Not mandatory.