Vintage 2023
Activities in the Badacsony region was managed very successful by our site manager Zsolt Palkó and the Hungarian team around him.
The weather
To put it short - the weather 2023, see the temperatures and precipitation diagram below (click on the picture to enlarge it).
At Villa Sandahl, we are very careful to harvest ripe grapes, see the below autumn precipitation picture (click on the picture to enlarge it).
Grape measurements
| 2023-09-20 | 2023-10-03 | 2023-10-09 | |||
| Bishop Backyard East | Sugar g/l | 192,00 | 204,00 | 198,90 | |
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 11,30 | 12,01 | 11,75 | ||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,5 | 6,0 | 6,0 | ||
| Bishop Backyard West | Sugar g/l | 210,00 | 206,00 | 201,50 | |
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 12,38 | 12,15 | 11,86 | ||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,7 | 6,5 | 5,9 | ||
| Solitude | Sugar g/l | 208,70 | 205,00 | 206,50 | |
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 12,30 | 12,10 | 12,15 | ||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,8 | 6,5 | 6,1 | ||
| Genezis Low | Sugar g/l | 193,50 | 203,00 | 206,00 | |
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 11,41 | 11,93 | 12,15 | ||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,5 | 5,9 | 5,5 | ||
| Genezis Grafts East | Sugar g/l | 196,91 | 217,00 | ||
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 11,64 | 12,83 | |||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,5 | 6,2 | |||
| Genezis Grafts West | Sugar g/l | 206,00 | 203,75 | ||
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 12,15 | 12,01 | |||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,4 | 6,0 | |||
| Genezis High | Sugar g/l | 216,63 | 207,81 | ||
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 12,75 | 12,23 | |||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,4 | 5,8 | |||
| Grofdomb Young plants | Sugar g/l | 206,00 | |||
| Pot. Alcohol (%) | 12,15 | ||||
| Total acid (g/l) | 6,5 |
Harvest and pressing
As can be seen in the picture, it was rather frustrating to wait harvesting during long times of good weather, because the grapes had not reached the ripening expected at Villa Sandahl. Ripe grapes is one of the most awarding quality factors, if you want to produce soft and rich Riesling.
The periods in the figure and corresponding activities are:
- In this period the Riesling grapes was not ripened enough.
- We decided to start harvesting Tuesday the 10th of october, because the weather forecast told us no rain that day. Unfortunately the rain came after som hour, and we had to call of the harvest, and resume on Wednesday.
- Tuesday morning we managed to harvest 53 boxes
of non-botrytized grapes from Genesis west before the rain.
- From wednesday the 11th to Saturday the 14th of September, just before the approaching rain, we manage to pick all remaining grapes. Since the mildew had reduced the harvest to becom only 2/3 of normal, with gather strengt from the picking team this was possible.
- Wednesday we harvested 147 boxes of non-botrytized grapes from the remaining of Genesis.
- Thursday morning we pressed above 53 + 147 boxes from Genesis.
- Thursday we harvested around 80 boxes non-botrytized grapes from Genesis low.
- Friday we harvested around 80 boxes non-botrytized grapes from Bishop Backyard and Solitude.
- Saturday morning we pressed the 80 + 80 boxes havested above.
- Saturday finally, we harvested superior botrytized grapes from a second harvest round in Genesis.
- Saturday evening we pressed the second round above from Genesis.
Fermentation
Ongoing
Breaking fermentation
Assembling the portfolio
Bottling
Wine information
Label theme
Labels