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Zsolt Sütó, also known as Zsolti among his friends, finds humor in his dual identity as a winemaker in a Slovakian village with a predominantly Hungarian population. The village has existed since at least 1075 and the winery, which happens to be located at the same address as the street number, is housed in a picturesque white building with a sunny terrace shielded from the main road by a socialist-era grocery store. The region's complex history, marked by bilingual signs, remains a sensitive reminder of the once-extensive Hungarian empire that was significantly diminished in size after World War I. Despite this, Hungarians still make up around 90% of the village's population.

 

Créme #6 is Welschriesling and Devín (previous releases were 100% Devín, a local cross of Gewurztraminer) The Créme is a non-vintage sparkling wine whose bubbles come from secondary fermentation in bottles (hence the name, referring to both crémant and the creaminess of this wine’s bubbles), using a fresh must from the new vintage. It can be made with different white grapes, according to what’s best adapted to this style from the given vintage. Zsolti usually makes around 1000 bottles of this cuvée. Rich in taste of Welschriesling supported by persistent fizz and yeasty creamy notes of the second fermentation in the bottle. An easy-drinking wine with a complex fruity aftertaste.

Strekov 1075, Créme #6, Kürt Slovakia

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    • Vineyard: Vád, certified organic and farmed by Zsolti himself. Head-trained, planted in 2011. Clay-loam topsoil with a high level of calcium on marine sediments. 
    • Making of: the handpicked grapes ferment without additional yeasts or other additives in 300l oak barrels, for about a year. The following harvest, the wine is fermented again with fresh must from the same vineyard, and bottled with lees by gravitation for the prise de mousse. Unfined, unfiltered, undisgorged and no SO2 added. (The current #6 is based on 2019 still wine Welschriesling, refermented by fresh 2020 must of Devín). 

    Source - Jenny and François 

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