2019 Bencze (Családi Birtok) Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  7/6/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Coming directly from a bottle of Fred #9 (Strekov 1075*) this smells like a slightly more mannered variation on the same theme. Boysenberry, lapsang tea, over-brewed coffee, freshly broken gravel. A mouthful is more disciplined and precise than the average credible wild red. Jocular, insurgent aerobic acid subordinates to stylish, linear, cool tannins and extract. Smashed herbs and ripe stem pesto urge forward the fruit of bramble berries. Blackcurrant streaks of pollen offset carefully with anise bedrock. Suggestive, aerial impressions of minty canopy bind with sticky roots and branches of structure. The tannins are slate dust. It's striking the ornate arrangement and intricate balance of something so obviously uncontrolled and primordial. I like the sense of stability and purpose it offers along with its rambunctious freshness, a rare combination, and pointed to by its relative age. The effect is dry and appetizing. I bet this will flatter a variety of pairing setups—burger, ramen, Tashkent pilaf.
  
  *Recruiting this bottle was inspired, among other things, by its connection with Zsolt Sütó. From the importer: "... 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐𝘴𝘵𝘷á𝘯’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘡𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 Strekov 1075, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 “𝘗𝘪š𝘵𝘢” (𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘵𝘷á𝘯) 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘛-𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥-𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵; 𝘐𝘴𝘵𝘷á𝘯’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 (“𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺”)."

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