Hidden Treasures Nr.2 Somlo, Kis Tamas 2021

Wine Description for Hidden Treasures No. 2 Somlo Kis Tamas 2021 by Moric

Colour & Appearance

Luminous straw yellow with a silvery shimmering rim – a wine that already reveals its crystalline clarity and precision in the glass.

Nose

Programmatic and unadorned: linden blossom tea dominates, flanked by stone fruit – crisp apples, juicy pears, velvety quinces. Fresh culinary herbs such as chervil and borage join in. The distinctly saline component recalls wet slate, whilst a delicate reductive note suggests flint. A nose of upright, almost ascetic elegance.

Palate

Taut and vertical on the attack, with firm bite and silky texture. The peppery spice spans an aromatic arc from first contact through to a long finish. The bitter phenolics nestle harmoniously alongside the agile acidity, whilst the salty character lends the wine its austere yet convincing understatement. Focused, linear, without any attempt to please – a wine with character.

Finish

Cool, long and precise. The salty minerality lingers, accompanied by a fine herbal spice that refreshes the palate and calls for the next bottle.

Terroir & Origin

Nagy-Somló, situated north of Lake Balaton, is one of Hungary’s historic wine regions. The volcanic soils lend this wine its characteristic mineral tension and salty depth.

Grape Variety & Vinification

A classic Hungarian cuvée of Hárslevelü (Linden Leaf), Furmint and Welschriesling. Ageing in large wooden cask respects the fruit and gives terroir pride of place – precisely as Roland Velich intends in his Hidden Treasures project.

Food Pairing Suggestions

Plaice in lemon butter with young turnip greens, spring turnips and spring cabbage with white asparagus in lemon-chervil butter, or poussin with asparagus ragout – the wine loves everything that is spring-like, herbaceous and of delicate texture.

Special Features

Part of Roland Velich’s ambitious Hidden Treasures project, which brings Hungary’s forgotten treasures back into the spotlight. The collaboration with Kis Tamás from Somló demonstrates what is possible when respect for tradition meets modern vinification.