OUR AWARDS

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2023 | PLATINUM AT DWWA

We entered Decanter World Wine Awards with two of our special quality wines.

So happy to share that the 2019 Gizella Szamorodni received Platinum with 97 points, the 2018 Gizella 6 puttonyos Aszú received Silver medal with 94 points!

In 2023, wineries have participated the competition from 57 countries all together with 18250 wines. 125 of them went to plantinum reaching 97 points, most importantly, three hungarian including our Szamorodni.  

2022 | FANTASTIC RATINGS BY JAMES SUCKLING !

After missing two years in a row, Prowein kicked off in May. Mr. Stuart Pigott visited our booth, tasted our wines, and published his rates soon on www.jamessuckling.com. Being one of the more respected wine critic and media platform, they taste and rate wines from all around the world and have their main office in Hong Kong.

Our 2020 Furmint/Hárslevelű dry blend received 91 points, the 2018-as Szamorodni received 96 and the 2018 Aszú 6 puttonyos received an amazing 98 Suckling points.

Click on the picture to read the reviews!

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2021 | DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS

Decanter World Wine Awards based in London is one of the most influential competition in Europe.
The results are highly appricieted throughout the world and help wineries to build their brands.
We entered three Gizella wines and won two silver and one gold medals:

2019 Barát Hárslevelű received 90 points and won a silver, 2017 Aszú 6 puttonyos received 92 points and won a silver as well, and finally 2018 Szamorodni received 96 points and won a faboulos gold medal for us.

2019 | SOMMELIER WINE AWARDS

The news came in May 2019, when we were at the Prowein Asia Exhibition in Hong Kong, that the 2017 Gizella Szil-völgy Furmint/Hárslevelű was the only Hungarian dry white wine to win a gold medal at the Sommelier Wine Awards in London.

The best wine of our Szil-völgy project, which started in 2009, is the 2017 vintage. In many ways, the vineyard has opened up new horizons for us. The idea of blending the two varieties has since been included also in the concept of the base wine of the winery. We have also changed in style: less is more, here it is also true for both barrel use and content. The search for development and quality has been part of our everyday lives ever since.
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2017 | WINEMAKER OF WINEMAKERS, A LIST OF 50

Perhaps one of the most important achievements is that I have been a member of the List of 50 of the Winemaker of Winemakers since 2017.

It is worth knowing that winemakers vote for each other, so it works on a fully professional basis. It feels good to be among the best.

2017 | DECANTER - THE 75 MOST EXCITING WINES OF THE YEAR

At the end of 2017, at the reccomendation of Carolyn Gilby, Master of Wine, the British Decanter magazine listed our 2016 Barát Hárslevelű as one of the 75 most exciting wines of the year.

This vintage received a lot of rain, which is why the wines were characterised by a lighter structure and higher acidity. They probably liked that, highlighting the delicate aroma set of Hárslevelű and the proper use of oak.
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2016 | TOP 100 HUNGARIAN WINES

A very important moment when in November 2016 the 2015 Barát Hárslevelű earned the first place in the TOP 100 Hungarian wines and the 2013 Dénes Aszú finished in third place.

Looking back, this is a particularly great achievement from this era, when it was all about Furmint. We were very happy that the jury liked the dry Hárslevelű, made on the loess soil of the Tokaj Hill, due to its elegance.

A trend change has already been felt here, which has been going on ever since and is slowly moving the standard towards appreciating a complexity where great emphasis is placed on the freshness of the wine and, in addition to depth, good balance and pleasant drinkability.

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