Árpád Balog

Csongrad, Hungary

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In the Hungarian southern wine region, Csongrad, near the Serbian border, Árpád Balog is cultivating some of the area's most unique natural wines. The family farm cultivates nearly all indigenous varieties, with the care for their native land at top priority. Using organic vineyard practices and strong yield restriction, they strive to produce the healthiest grapes possible. In this way, they say they allow the wines to essentially make themselves, with as minimal intervention as possible. The wines are pressed only with a roller, are native yeast fermented, un-fined, unfiltered, and have the use of no or very limited sulfur addition only at bottling.

image of a wine label with a white background and an antique cork screw illustration in a green color. The label reads Kovidinka 2017. The bottom right corner of the label has an illustration of a cork with the winemakers name of Arpad Balog

Kövidinka

• Wine Name: Kövidinka
• Varietal: Kövidinka, Hungarian orange wine
• Denomination(s): PDO Csongrád
• Country: Hungary
• Region: Csongrád
• Farm Size: 11ha
• Farming: ancient methods pre-dating synthetic additives
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay, sand & sandstone
• Maceration: 12 days to achieve the desired level of aroma, texture, and color
• Fermentation, vessel: indigenous yeast in old oak barrels

Tech Sheet

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Kadarka

• Wine Name: Kadarka
• Varietal: Kadarka
• Denomination(s): PDO Csongrád
• Country: Hungary
• Region: Csongrád
• Farm Size: 11ha
• Farming: ancient methods pre-dating synthetic additives
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay, sand & sandstone

Tech Sheet

image of a wine label with a white background and an antique cork screw illustration in a red color. The label reads Siller Zweigelt 2017. The bottom right corner of the label has an illustration of a cork with the winemakers name of Arpad Balog

Siller Zweigelt

• Wine Name: Siller Zweigelt
• Varietal: Zweigelt
• Denomination(s): PDO Csongrád
• Country: Hungary
• Region: Csongrád
• Farm Size: 11ha
• Farming: ancient methods pre-dating synthetic additives
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay, sand & sandstone
• Fermentation, vessel: indigenous yeast, 50 days in inox tank
• Aging: in old oak barrels

Tech Sheet

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Zweigelt

• Wine Name: Zweigelt
• Varietal: Zweigelt
• Denomination(s): PDO Csongrád
• Country: Hungary
• Region: Csongrád
• Farm Size: 11ha
• Farming: ancient methods pre-dating synthetic additives
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay, sand & sandstone
• Fermentation, vessel: indigenous yeast, 50 days in inox tank
• Aging: in old oak barrels

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Kékfrancos

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• Wine Name: Kékfrancos
• Varietal: Blaufrankish
• Denomination(s): PDO Csongrád
• Country: Hungary
• Region: Csongrád
• Farm Size: 11ha
• Farming: ancient methods pre-dating synthetic additives
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay, sand & sandstone
• Fermentation/maceration: indigenous yeast, 60 days in old oak barrels

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