The Patricius Winery is found in the Tokaj region and was established by the Kékessy family. The Kékessy family’s winemaking mission is nurtured by their family history. The owners are Dezső Kékessy and his daughter Katinka Kékessy.
The family’s maternal and paternal ancestors were well-known vineyard owners in the regions of the Tokaj and Mátra foothills from the 18thcentury. The maternal ancestors—the Okolicsányi family—had vineyards in T...
A 1737 royal decree divided the terroirs and vineyards of the 27 Tokaj region villages into 3 categories. All the production of the Patricius House comes from¨Grand Cru vineyards: Teleki, Sajgó, Bendecz, Lapis, Czigány, Várhegy, Szárhegy.
Patricius vineyards are situated on volcanic andesite and rhyolite tufa complemented by patches of loess—an exceptional composition
which counts among Tokaj's finest terroirs.
In our Tokaj vineyards harvesting begins at the end of October or latest by mid-November and is divided into two distinct operations.
First the mature botrytized shriveled grapes (‘aszú’ in Hungarian) are handpicked one by one off the vine. Afterwards, the less botrytized clusters are harvested whole. After fermentation, wine (and base wine) is placed into 136 liter barrels, known as ‘Gönci’ barrels.
The Aszú ‘puttonyos’ number (3, 4, 5,...
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