{"product_id":"moric-hidden-treasures-hid1-tokaj-hungary-2023","title":"Moric \"Hidden Treasures HID1\" Tokaj, Hungary 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM WINEMONGER:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINE: \u003c\/strong\u003e100% Furmint. With the Hidden Treasures Projects Roland Velich of Moric partners with a few talented winemakers from across the border in Hungary. Their collaboration aims to showcase the historic and cultural past of Burgenland and Hungary through their often shared indigenous grapes and to give them their due attention. The projects are numbered by region. No. 1 is Tokaj, the winemaker, Gergo Filip. Filip's old vine Furmint grows in Rhyolite in a cool and windy microclimate, meaning it spent a longer time on the vine giving this dry white wine endless complexity. Farming is organic, though it is not yet certified. The grapes underwent whole bunch pressing, native yeast fermentation and was aged in large oak barrels. There was no filtration.
 Evocative yellow fruits and layers of smoky minerality are the signature notes of this elegant and intensely contemplative wine with enough natural acidity from the wonderfully cool 2021 vintage to make it extremely versatile and age worthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCER: \u003c\/strong\u003eHidden Treasures is a collaboration between Roland Velich of Moric winery and several young winemakers located in the Pannonian Basin. The Pannonian basin stretches from Austria across Hungary and into Slovenia and Croatia but for the purposes of this project, the focus is Burgenland and Hungary. Historically and culturally Burgenland, where Roland is located, aligns more with Hungary than Austria. Roland started this project to showcase the talented winemaking of some lesser-known but extraordinarily talented winemakers as well as the significance and range of these important and ancient growing regions which have been cut off from much of the world until recently. Each release is numbered and made by a different winemaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoland’s first partnership was in Hungary with Attila Homonna of Tokaj and his magnificent Furmint. Attila began his small 3 hectare winery in1999. He organically farms some of the best sites of old vine, old clone Furmint and Hárslevelü around the villages of Erdobenye and Olasziszka. His wines came to the attention of Roland and Hidden Treasures project No.1 was born. The aim? So that more people might get to experience the rare, dry, elegant wines Attila crafts so meticulously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50807795220736,"sku":null,"price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/patronsaintwine.com\/products\/moric-hidden-treasures-hid1-tokaj-hungary-2023","provider":"Patron Saint","version":"1.0","type":"link"}