Törley Fortuna Etyek-,

ith great diligence and persistence I succeeded in producing something far superior to the NOTES & PAIRINGS Champagne sparkling known so far,” wrote Fortuna is a sweet sparkling blend of Cserszegi Fűszeres WJózsef Törley in 1882 when he decided to put the knowledge (Fűszeres means spicy), Muscat Ottonel, and Pearl of he had acquired in Reims to use in his own country. He also Csaba. Combined, these 3 extremely aromatic varieties found an ideal place for the production of sparkling create a symphonic array of spice, blossom and tropi- in Etyek-Buda, just outside of in central Hungary. cal fruit one would expect from Moscato D’Asti but with Just as in the Champagne region, the cellars were carved twice the effervescence, spice, and an acidity that makes out of limestone and French trained cellar master Louis- it decidedly Hungarian. Elegant, beautiful golden in color, François oversaw the winery’s construction. József Törley and surprisingly light considering the residual sugar, ex- also introduced refrigerative disgorging in Hungary, and by pect sweet grapefruit, gardenia, lime and Brioche flavors. 1896 earned the proud title of “Suppliers to the Imperial and This is a go-to sparkling when fruit is baked with virtually Royal Court.” The greatest recognition of all; by then Törley any kind of dough or cream - think Crostatas, Tarts, had warehouses in Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin and Hamburg Zabaglione, dumplings and pies. If you’re roasting pears, and became popular internationally. Sadly, the Törley story peaches, apricots or plums, please drink this wine. nearly came to an end in 1944 when WWII bombs destroyed the main factory and most of the wines. In the 1950’s after the renovation of the cellar a huge grape planting process with native and international varieties was started, which give since then the base for the Törley sparkling wines. Since ANALYTICS & PRONUNCIATION being privatised in 1992, production and quality are both PRODUCER: Törley (Toor-lee) higher than ever, and in addition a leading the market share APPELLATION: Etyek-Buda (Eht-Yek Bood-a) in Hungary, we are proud to be introducing these wines to VINTAGE: NV the United States. GRAPE COMPOSITION: Cserszegi fűszeres, Muscat Ottonel, and Csabagyöngye (Pearl of Csaba). CLIMATE: continental, windy with warm summer- days and cool nights SOILS: limestone on chalk base After apprenticing at Champagne Roederer and Delbeck in Reims, France, József was convinced that he needed to find near identical soil and EXPOSURE: Southern weather conditions in Hungary. Sharing nearly the same latitude as MACERATION & AGING: Charmat Method Champagne and just west of Budapest in the Etyek-Buda wine region he ALCOHOL: 10.5% found the densely chalk-ridden and limestone soils he was looking for. RESIDUAL SUGAR: 80 g/l He then found nearly 45 miles of cellars in Budafok, Budapest to ensure a constant temperature for his entire production. As a testament to the ACIDITY: 5.6 g/l abundance of limestone in the area, much of the quarried remains went into the construction of the Hungary’s Parliment which at the time (1904) was the largest building in the world. Törley currently has 800ha of vine- yards in the Etyek-Buda wine region and 44ha in Tokaj. All vineyards are SLOVAKIA owned and maintained by Törley.

WINE MAKING AUSTRIA Etyek-Buda HUNGARY Fortuna is produced with a special Charmat Method technology, fer- mented only once directly from the must of Muscat Ottonel, Cserszegi TÖRLEY Fűszeres, and Csabagyöngye. The fermentation is stopped by cooling down the wine when it reached the required sugar level. The fermenta- SLOVENIA tion takes place in large pressurized steel tanks giving an aromatic and ROMANIA fruity with low alcohol content. Wines are then filtered, CROATIA cold stabilized and bottled under pressure (CO2). This method enables a SERBIA consitant style coupled with an extremely high quality to cost ratio.

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