Pannon

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Bedrock: clayey, sandy sedimentary soils, lösz and loam; the limestone massifs of the Villányi Mountains and the Mecsek are also covered by lösz/loam.
• Climate: continental base with a strong mediterrán hatás; mean annual temperature 10–12 °C, >2,000 sunshine hours, ~600 mm precipitation.
• Relief: a hilly landscape bordered by the Duna, Dráva and Balaton; the principal ridges are the Villányi Mountains and the southern slopes of the Mecsek.
• The soil's water-retention capacity ensures a steady water supply to the vines throughout the growing season.
• The combination of calcareous-loessic, clayey, nutrient-rich soils and mediterrán klíma together gives the wines their fruity, elegant acidity.

• Serbian settlers introduced Kadarka from the Balkans, while German colonists established Kékoportó in Villány during the 18th-century replanting.
• In the 20th century Kadarka and Kékoportó dominated red-wine production; today Kékfrankos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot are the leading varieties.

• The red wines are Bordeaux-style Cuvée-k aged in new oak barrels; among whites, Olaszrizling, Hárslevelű and Chardonnay predominate.

• Southerly aspect → warmer climate → higher sugar ripeness, medium-to-high alcohol, full body, ripe fruitiness, and pronounced tannin.

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-A1380
• Official trade body site — Tolnai Borvidék Hegyközségi Tanácsa (kezelő, on behalf of the Pannon borrégió: Pécsi, Szekszárdi, Tolnai, Villányi HKTs)