Csongrád

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Flat lowland setting, altitude below 100 m above sea level; the Tisza, Körös, and Maros rivers define the growing area.
• Principal soil type: alluvial cover sand; smaller proportions of barna erdőtalaj, csernozjom, and meadow soil.
• Sandy soil warms rapidly, reflects solar radiation, and is phylloxera-immune owing to its quartz content.
• Kontinentális klíma, occasionally with mediterrán hatás; 2,200 sunshine hours per year — the highest figure in Hungary.
• Annual precipitation 450–500 mm; the oxbow lakes and tributaries of the Tisza provide optimal humidity conditions.

• The phylloxera epidemic (from 1875) left the borvidék almost untouched due to the immunity of its sandy soils; Hungary's oldest bush-vine plantings survive here. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Traditional varieties: Kadarka, Kékfrankos, Kövidinka; reductive winemaking is increasingly adopted for white and rosé wines.

• Whites and rosés: intensely aromatic, flavour-rich, lower alcohol, soft character; reds: deep colour, firm tannins.
• The interplay of sandy and alluvial soils yields light, moderately acidic wines with a restrained sense of minerality.

• The interplay of sandy and alluvial soils yields light, soft, moderately acidic wines with a subdued mineral character.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — agrarminiszterium
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-HU-A1383
• Official trade body site — Csongrádi Borvidék Hegyközségi Tanácsa