2007 Kopar Vilanyi Cuvee, Attila Gere
Kopar is Hungary's most iconic and sought after red wine with mature vintages hard to find. This is a full bodied and ageworthy Bordeaux blend made from 50% Cabernet Franc, 40% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
"Cabernet Franc (50%), Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon from Gere's Kopár, Konkoly, Csillavölgy and Ördögárok vineyards. 16 months in new Hungarian and French oak barrels.
Cloudy old-blood garnet. A warm, souk-perfumed tea of tobacco, oolong, pot-pourri, dried strawberries and damask roses. The tannins have gentled into velvety kitten paws and breathy pauses, giving the fruit a smoky-sweet aura. It's gentle, gently insistent, beautifully contoured; as iridescent as the rosewood tonewood of a cello. It sings like baritone, the vibrations running slow fingertips down the back of your spine and holding strawberries between your lips. A sentinel for how gracefully the Gere wines age. Drink 2012-2027." 18/20 Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com