Aldas is St. Andrea's entry-point Superior-tier Bikaver, positioned by the winery as its most accessible red built to the Superior classification's five-variety, extended-ageing rules.
Tip: St. Andrea's tasting room runs three tiered flights, Classicus, Superior and Grand Superior; Aldas is the wine that opens the Superior flight.
Thummerer's base-tier Egri Bikaver is a consistently priced classic-style bottling, sold directly from the family winery's Noszvaj cellar just outside Eger.
Tip: Noszvaj is a short drive from central Eger and worth combining with a look at the village's baroque Fay mansion if visiting the cellar in person.
A single-varietal Kekfrankos from Thummerer at the Superior classification level, showing the grape that anchors most Bikaver blends on its own, aged the extra months the Superior tier demands before release.
Tip: Tasting this alongside Thummerer's blended Bikaver is a useful way to hear Kekfrankos on its own before tasting how it behaves inside the regulated blend.
Thummerer's Egri Csillag is one of the least expensive bottlings of the category from any established Eger producer, an easy entry point into the white blend that was created as a counterpart to Bikaver.
Tip: At this price it is a sound everyday white; step up to St. Andrea's or Gal Tibor's Csillag bottlings for more concentration if the occasion calls for it.
A single-varietal Kiralyleanyka from Thummerer, one of the Carpathian-basin white grapes that also goes into Egri Csillag blends, bottled here on its own at an entry-level price.
Tip: Kiralyleanyka's floral, off-dry-leaning character makes it a good match for the region's fruit-forward strudel desserts rather than a straight aperitif pour.
Gal Tibor's entry-level Egri Csillag is an aromatic Carpathian-basin white blend and a reliable everyday-priced introduction to the winery's range, sold directly from the estate's own webshop.
Tip: Serve well chilled as a summer aperitif; the blend's Sauvignon Blanc component gives it more citrus lift than a straight Olaszrizling.
A single-varietal Kadarka from Gal Tibor, the grape historically brought to Eger by Serbian refugees in the 15th and 16th centuries and later the backbone of pre-industrial Bikaver blends.
Tip: Kadarka's light colour and high acidity reward a light chill even for a red; it is one of the few Eger reds that works served slightly cool.
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