The mastermind behind Hidden Treasures is the well-known Austrian winemaker Roland Velich, who has caused a sensation internationally with his Blaufränkisch red wines. For years, he cultivated the best terroirs in Burgenland in order to coax the finest nuances of this complex variety from old Blaufränkisch vines.
Hidden Treasure is a continuation of the ideas that led Velich to develop Moric, an attempt to capture a region as purely and directly as possible: traditional old methods and full confidence in the given substance, an ancient wine culture that has been successful for centuries and is a world leader.
The soils and climate of the Pannonian Plain - a lowland plain stretching from the last hills of the Eastern Alps along the Carpathian arc - the grape varieties that have proven suitable and valuable over long periods of time, and of course the people, combine to the greatest effect.
Roland Velich has decided to follow this path together with young innovative winemakers, winemakers who are ready to embark on this journey in a similar way. Starting this journey now is important to him: "It's time to make this great wine culture accessible again to the inclined public in an original and authentic form."
For the treasures from Hungary, he is currently cooperating with Gergö Filep from Tokaj, Kis Tamás from Nagy-Somlói and Villa Tolnay on Lake Balaton.
Here it is the traditional Pannonian variety Furmint, in its various manifestations, that is shone in the right light.
