Szekszard

Szekszard is a wine region located in the south of Hungary not well known on the international wine scene but which produces pleasant and fragrant red wines, relatively well structured from Kekfrankos, Kadarka grapes and the typical Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot; the blend at the base of the classic Bikaver, a wine made famous by the Eger region. It is located on the western border of Alföld - the great Hungarian plain which occupies most of the wider Pannonian Plain, about 160 km from the coast. The climate is sunny, hot, dry and continental: sultry summer afternoons are followed by cold nights, with considerable changes in temperature. The Pannonian Plain is surrounded by vast mountain ranges, the Alps to the west, the Dinaric Alps to the south and the Carpathians to the north and east, which protect it from climatic influences from the Mediterranean or the Black Sea. In addition to producing red wines, Szekszard is also land of white wines, made mainly from Riesling Italico or Weslchriesling and Chardonnay grapes that are distinguished by low acidity and a delicate, spicy and woody character due to the time spent in Hungarian oak barrels. Light wines based on Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are occasionally produced in the colder mesoclimate.