Sauska Cuvée 7 Siklós 2021

In select years, the Sauska winery produces two premium wines in their ‘7’ series: one from the warmer Villány soils, and one from neighboring Siklós, a subregion producing slightly cooler, spicier wines. Rich and bold, but with a fine earthy-smoky elegance unlike most big reds from the region. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot, hand-selected with precision from the best vineyards of the area.

The Sauska winery gives prime numbers to its blends to indicate their rank among the winery’s reds; ‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’, which would be the highest categories, have yet to be made, and cuvées ‘5’ and ‘7’ are only produced in select years. The wine was aged in oak barrels for 17 months.

About the Sauska Villány winery

The Sauska winery in Villány is one of the most modern and innovative wineries in Hungary. It was established by Krisztián Sauska, a Hungarian expat from California, who also owns a winery in the Tokaj region. In Villány, Sauska create fruit-first, bold wines that include some of Villány’s most sought-after bottles. They focus primarily on red wines (mainly Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Kékfrankos) as well as a small amount of Chardonnay. Combining state-of-the-art equipment with great care and precision in the winemaking process, they are reinventing the area’s winemaking and raising the bar in Villány.

Producer information: Sauska & Társa Kft., Hegyrejáró utca 1, 2120 Dunakeszi, Hungary, https://sauska.hu/