Somloi Vandor, Harslevelu, 2023 msk_archive or tucked in the cellar

or tucked in the cellar for a few years of quiet transformation

or open it now and join the cult

wrapped in a sleek

spices and toffee

best known for Château de Beaucastel

Somloi Vandor, Harslevelu, 2023 msk_archive or tucked in the cellarSomlo is a lone extinct volcano rising straight out of the flat plains of northwest Hungary, one of the country's smallest and strangest wine regions, and one of the rare places on earth that makes almost nothing but white. Tamas Kis trained in Eger, home of Bull's Blood, before this volcanic butte hooked him for good, and his tiny Somloi Vandor project farms it organically with a minimal intervention hand. This is Harslevelu, an indigenous Hungarian