Barta Winery

On your way from Szerencs to Mád the spectacular view of one of the most imposing and steepest vineyards on King’s hill (Király-hegy) is bound to catch your attention: Old King vineyard (Öreg Király-dűlő). This vineyard was first mentioned in history books in 1664 as Old King vineyard (Eöreg Király) as a Rákóczi vineyard in an estate inventory.

Not only its exceptional position, but also the continually constructed terraces built stone by s...

Exposure: South-, southwest-facing, the Old King vineyard (Öreg Király-dűlő) extends

Vineyard size: Over 10 hectares. The Barta Winery owns another 17-hectare south-, southwest-facing, mostly fallow, plot in the Kővágó vineyard, 3.5 hectares of which was brought back to production in 2017.

Soils: stony, volcanic rhyolite tufa with some zeolite and red clay.

Planting: Some 80 % of the land is planted with T85 and the old-type small-bun...

We strive to preserve as best as possible both the appearance and soils of this exceptional land for future generations. As the land “slept through” the decades of unrestrained chemical use, the soils are still untouched today. During vine cultivation we use organic methods and make our wines with as little interference as possible and maximum cleanliness. In line with this approach we use spontaneous fermentation almost exclusively, trusting ...