Pannonhalmi Főapátság Hemina Red 2022 750ml

The Benedictine monks who settled in Pannonhalma had always been closely associated with viticulture and winemaking in previous centuries. They cultivated the highest level of grape and wine culture of the time. In the early 1900s, the size of the abbey estate was approx. There may have been 100 hectares in the immediate vicinity of Pannonhalma, but the Abbey also had estates in Somló and Tokaj-Hegyalja. Already at that time he was selling his white and red wines in bottled form, which had gone beyond historical boundaries.
A II. The political and social reorganization that followed World War II made it impossible to continue this centuries-old tradition, as both the vineyards and the winery became state-owned. In the following decades, the monks living in Pannonhalma did not give up reviving the traditions. In 2000, plans began to be outlined for the construction of the Pannonhalma Abbey Winery in 2003, with a majority capacity of 3,000 m2 and a storage capacity of 3,000 hl, with the majority share of 2000 m2 and the minority share of MKB Bank Zrt.
The architectural design work was carried out by the CZITA Architecture Office in Győr in close cooperation with the oenological technology design, which was provided by Tibor Gál, an internationally renowned winemaker from Eger, who was also a professional consultant for the winery.