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About 2007
The summer weather during 2007 was very special. A torrid heat wave during July made the vines were stressed and caused premature ripening. During august everything changed and the long awaited rain came in abundant amounts. Luckily our Zsuzsanna vineyard is very drained and airy, so we didn't suffer from rot.

The normally fast ripening Pinot Gris was accelerating in September and we harvested very early, see the weather pattern below.

The house construction caused that no Riesling vines behind the house could be reached by spraying machines. Also the house was consuming our time and we decided to not make any Riesling this year.
 2007 Pinot Gris Golden Line


 
The smell is very typical for the grape variety, with flowers and the piquant hint of ”cardboard”. The taste is round and gentle , with a fine and pure finish, and the wine is fully mature to drink now and some years to come. This wine can match all kind of well done fish and shellfish. The best temperature for serving it is around 8 oC, i.e. the wine can be taken almost directly from a refrigerator for drinking immediately. The wine has 14,5 % alcohol and is filled on 750 ml bottles.
Weather Pattern 2007

Balatonfüred
Weather

 Rhine
Riesling		 Pinot
Gris
Date Sky MinC MaxC Wind Km/h Alc TA Alc TA
27
Aug		           9,5
**		 10,7
**		 13,4
**		 6,8
**
28
Aug		 18 26 N 11        
29
Aug		 15 18 - 7        
30
Aug		 15 22 E 11        
31
Aug		 13 22 N 14        
1
Sep		 14 21 NW 14        
2
Sep		 13 21 NW 11        
3
Sep		 13 23 W 11        
4
Sep		 12 17 N 22        
5
Sep		 9 14 NW 36        
6
Sep		 9 15 N 29        
7
Sep		 8 15 NW 14        
8
Sep		 13 18 NW 29        
9
Sep		 14 18 NW 22        
10
Sep		 11 19 W 14 12.6
**		 9
**

Harvest
11
Sep		 12 16 W 18     13.4
*		 5.8
*
12
Sep		 10 16 NW 32        
13
Sep		 13 20 N 22        
14
Sep		 8 21 SW 7        
15
Sep		 13 22 W 18        
16
Sep		 9 22 S 7        
17
Sep		 12 25 S 11        
18
Sep		 17 26 SW 25        
19
Sep		 10 15 N 18        
20
Sep		 6 17 N 11 12.9
**		 7.9
**		    
21
Sep		 8 18   7        
22
Sep		 7 20 W 7        
23
Sep		 10 20 SE 7        
24
Sep		 8 20 SE 11        
25
Sep		 7 22 SE 11        
26
Sep		 10 19 N 14        
27
Sep		 13 17 SE 11        
28
Sep		 10 19 S 22        
29
Sep		 11 20 SW 14        
30
Sep		 10 22 SW 4        
1
Oct		 10 22   4        
2
Oct		 10 22 S 11        
3
Oct		 11 22   4        
4
Oct		 13 23 SE 7        
5
Oct		 13 20 NW 11        
6
Oct		 9 16 N 18        
7
Oct		 9 16 NW 7        
8
Oct		 7 17 N 7

Harvest

    
9
Oct		 7 18 E 7 15,4
*		 7,1
*		    
10
Oct		 8 19 NE 11        
11
Oct		 11 14 N 25        
Source www.met.hu
Measurements

Alc = % potential alcohol (by volume)
TA = gram per litre total acidity (expressed as tartric acid)

* Analysed after pressing by Luis Santelices
** Sample by Gabor, analysis by FVM institute

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