Izsáki Arany Sárfehér

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Duna-Tisza-közi lowland plain: elevation <120 m above sea level, maximum relief of 10–15 m.
• Dominant soil: calcareous sand (humic and drift sand), with buried meadow soil in the subsoil and calcareous lösz patches.
• Sandy soil with 75%+ quartz content: phylloxera immunity, rapid warming, but lower mineral content.
• Kontinentális klíma: mean annual temperature 10–11 °C, 2,000 sunshine hours per year, 450–500 mm annual precipitation.
• Water management is balanced by near-surface groundwater and Lake Kolon; frost risk in winter, spring, and autumn.

• The Arany sárfehér variety was selected from a local vineyard in 1873; its name changed three times (izsáki sárfehér → izsáki → Arany sárfehér in 1999).
• Head-trained vines with short spur pruning; on hillsides, high cordon with cane-and-spur pruning – sparkling wine has been produced on-site since 1972.

• Pale green or light straw-yellow colour; aromas of quince, wild pear, and medicinal herbs.
• Pronounced acidity, moderate alcohol, recommended for shorter ageing; as a Pezsgő, fine CO₂ distribution and persistent bead.

• Near-surface groundwater + sandy soil → marked acidity, moderate alcohol, and an ethereally light Pezsgő.

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

Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• National product specification (PDF) — agrarminiszterium
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-HU-A1341
• Official trade body site — Izsáki Hegyközség (under Kunsági Borvidék Hegyközségi Tanácsa)