Szekszárd Szekszárd wine district
Fine wines from Szekszárd family tradition
About the winery
Ifj. Márkvárt János's winery is one of Szekszárd's dedicated producers, where Kadarka is at home. He still tends old Kadarka vineyards planted in 1935 and even earlier. Every task from vineyard to bottle is handled by the winemaker and his family, working organically to maintain living soil.
János's goal is to showcase Szekszárd's tradition and elegance through grape varieties such as Kadarka, Kékfrankos, and Bikavér. He believes nature knows its craft, so he intervenes minimally in the cellar. The honest, unpretentious Szekszárd winemaker follows traditional winemaking techniques: open-vat fermentation, barrel aging, and unfiltered bottling.
Grape varieties
Current range
Kadarka
Fresh and characterful Kadarka from younger vines collected from multiple vineyard sites, grown organically. Textbook, original, spicy and juicy, made with traditional open-vat fermentation, brief skin contact and six months aging.
Kadarka
Made from the winery's oldest vineyard, from nearly 100-year-old ungrafted vines. Grown organically, fermented in open vats, then aged in two 500-liter Hungarian barrels. Unfiltered bottling. 1,300 bottles produced.
Clean and pure blended red made from organically grown grapes. In Szekszárd's traditional wine nomenclature, fresher blended reds than Bull's Blood were called this. Half Syrah, a third Kékfrankos, with Merlot and Kadarka as accents. Mediterranean character, pomegranate color, bright fruit, cherry-juice aroma, taut structure, layered flavors and gently tannic finish.
The signature wine of János's selection, a choice of the finest barrels, the winemaker's calling card. Half Kékfrankos, thirty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, ten Kadarka, remainder Merlot and Syrah. Spicy, deeply resonant and well-developed style. Soft structure on the palate with the winemaker's characteristic gently tannic finish.
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