Label
The theme for 2017 was magic. It is the third year in a row we produce very high quality and the feeling begun to get magic. This wine is the 3rd quality of the four we made from this vintage. Of course, there is no magic without a magician hat with a shy rabbit inside and a lot of smoke around.
Origin
When harvest time did approach, Villa Sandahl staff had not realized how much sugar the grapes had collected, and the first measurement signaled panic to harvest. The grapes to this wine were harvested as specified below, and depending on complementing characters the wine fractions were assembled as also marked below.
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2017-09-30 |
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A. Harvesting Genesis low |
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2017-10-01 |
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A. Harvesting Bishop Garden |
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2017-10-04 |
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B. Harvesting Bishop Backyard and Solitude |
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2017-10-05 |
1st fraction |
A. Pressing above Genesis low and Bishop Garden |
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2017-10-05 |
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C. Harvesting Genesis grafts |
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2017-10-05 |
2nd fractions juice mixed |
B. Pressing above Bishop Backyard and Solitude |
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2017-10-06 |
C. Pressing above Genesis grafts |
Some of the grapes had gray rot, but we applied a strict selection at harvest.
Analysis
The analysis is made from the Németh Zsuzsanna laboratory in Badacsonytomaj.
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Alcohol |
15 % |
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Sugar |
8.0 gram/liter |
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Total acidity |
6.3 gram/liter |
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Volatile acidity |
0.44 gram/liter |
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Bottle |
Green glass 750 ml |
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Cork |
Natural |
Tasting
By Christer Sandahl.
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Date |
2019-01-04, half year after bottling |
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Color |
Pale yellow. |
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Smell |
Serious character, but somewhat unrelieved. |
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Taste |
Charming and balanced wine. |
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Judgment |
The wine is rather open. Well-made wine, will improve with some years in bottle. |
By Christer Sandahl.
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Date |
2019-07-20, in summer |
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Color |
Rather pale yellow. |
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Smell |
Lovely Riesling begin to appear on the nose. A bit grassy, but elegant and stylish. |
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Taste |
The awkward taste has gone, and out comes full-feathered Riesling. Still a bit to go before optimal matured. Clean and elegant also in the formidable after-taste. |
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Judgment |
The wine has evolved a quite bit since last tasting above. Very well-made wine, will improve with still some years in bottle. |
By Christer Sandahl.
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Date |
2020-07-12, in summer |
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Color |
Medium yellow color. |
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Smell |
Strong classic Riesling smell on the nose. Now more fruity than grassy, very elegant and stylish. |
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Taste |
Powerful and strong in the mouth, but at the same time soft and fleshy. Still a bit to go before optimal matured. |
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Judgment |
Very well-made stylish wine, will improve with still a year in bottle. Deserves 94 points out of 100. |
By Christer Sandahl.
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Date |
2021-04-14, ahead of spring season. |
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Color |
Medium yellow color. |
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Smell |
Rich and full smell. straight and attractive, has matured in an excellent way. |
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Taste |
Has matured in a excellent way, also in the taste, powerful and elegant on the same time, really attractive |
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Judgment |
This goes excellent to fine fish dishes, sushi and even to carefully grilled fish. Corresponds to 93 points today, but fully mature it maybe can achieve 94 points out of 100.
This wine was selected by the Hungarian wine writers as the best of their top-12 list of wines. |
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OBSERVE:
Rabbit periscope is of mid range grade,
but this is not indicated by the cork capsule.
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Our other wines
Find below clickable links to all our other wines produced since 2010. Observe, that earlier vintages use to be sold out since long. Yellow means rare peaks, gray means mid ranges, and light blue means solid grounds.
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2010 |
The stamp, Recept |
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2011 |
Magic rain, Cappuccino oil, Give me five |
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2012 |
Laundry hanger, Multiplexor, Rake & scoop, Elephant tap, Box fixture |
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2013 |
Count down, All of a kind, Gold standard, Secret |
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2014 |
S.O.S., m.m.s. |
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2015 |
Dry honey, Wet stones, Citrus x Limon, Bear glue, Bella sunrise, Tussilago |
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2016 |
Banana split, Chicken year, Street smart, Tie mania |
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2017 |
Ball of fame, Crystal cut, Rabbit periscope, Shop stop |
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2018 |
Oh deer, Sign up, Not yet, By the way, Dig it |
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2019 |
Birdie Num Num, Brave Birds, Starling Village, Air Dive |
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Internet
For more information, see www.villasandahl.com |