2019 Hidden Treasures by Moric Nagy-Somló Nr. 2: Kis Tamás

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  4/20/2023 - Alykhan V Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very reductive
  Red apple skins on the nose and something herbal.
  Great Hungarian winemaking applied to a mediocre grape (Furmint). The palate is on the fruitier side.

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  5/13/2022 - Sundbyberg wrote: 90 Points

  Easy to like, tastes like a riesling. Makes me want to try more wines from Hungary.

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  3/12/2022 - originalverkorkt Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Color: Light gold
  
  Nose: The wine smells distinctly unique and special. One gets the feeling that there is a lot of power and density here, possibly a lot of body, but also a lot of freshness. The "Hidden Treasure No. 2 - Somlo" smells multifaceted. There are lime blossoms to be found and fennel, some anise pollen and freshly infused white tea, some apple and grapefruit peel, dried herbs and stone.
  
  Palate: On the palate, the wine seems far less bulky than on the nose, although it certainly has a fair amount of power. But the cuvée purrs like a cat here, coming across as confident, juicy and acidic, herbaceous and stony with lively minerality and plenty of salt. The wine is much more ethereal than one might have expected, though one might have guessed that if one had looked at the alcohol level of just 12% by volume. The wine has a unique character and great originality.
  
  Info: For young Hungarian winemakers like Tamás Kis, it is not at all easy to become known beyond the borders of their own country. In order to promote this, the enterprising Roland Velich from the Moric winery has released his own series of wines, whose creation he accompanies. The second wine in this series is the 2019 Hidden Treasure No. 2 - Somlo feat. Kis Tamás. The wine comes from Nagy-Somló, the smallest Hungarian wine-growing region, which is not far from Lake Balaton and looks something like Montgueux in Champagne: a hill in the middle of the flat plain. But unlike Champagne, it's not about chalk here, but rather basalt; because Somló is an old weathered volcanic cone. Tamás Kis was drawn to the volcano about ten years ago and took over vineyards there, which he has been farming organically since 2014. Among others, these are planted with Hárslevelü (lime-leaf), Furmint and Welschriesling, which went into this wine in proportions of about 45, 45 and 10 percent, respectively, and were aged in large wood after spontaneous fermentation.

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