Eger Wine Guide: Grapes, Appellations & Producers

'Bull's Blood' red blend

Soil: Cool, north-facing volcanic (rhyolite tuff) hills — Hungary's coolest serious red-wine region.
Style: Egri Bikavér ('Bull's Blood') is a spicy, medium-bodied blend led by Kékfrankos with Kadarka and others — fresh, peppery and food-friendly.
Top sites: Superior 'Superior' and single-vineyard Bikavér show real finesse and ageability.
Vintages: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Producers: St. AndreaThummererGál Tibor

Tip · Modern Bikavér has shed its cheap 1980s image — it's now a serious, elegant blend.

Value pick

St. Andrea Egri Bikavér 'Hangács' · ~$22

Spicy, fresh, Kékfrankos-led red of real charm.

Collector pick

St. Andrea Bikavér 'Merengő' Superior · ~$45 · 2019

Structured, ageworthy top-tier Bull's Blood.

Steep single-vineyard reds

Soil: The steep, limestone-rich Nagy-Eged hill — an exception in volcanic Eger and a source of the region's most structured reds.
Style: Concentrated, mineral Kékfrankos and blends with firm tannin and excellent ageing potential.
Top sites: Nagy-Eged Hegy is Eger's grand-cru-in-waiting.
Vintages: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Producers: St. AndreaThummerer

Tip · Limestone here gives Eger reds a firmer, more ageworthy backbone.

Value pick

Thummerer Kékfrankos 'Eger' · ~$20

Bright, peppery, juicy Hungarian Blaufränkisch.

Collector pick

St. Andrea 'Nagy-Eged Hegy' · ~$60 · 2019

Mineral, structured single-vineyard red built to age.