Sabar Wine House

Badacsony wine region, which is situated north of Lake Balaton, the largest lake of Europe, is not only a wine region of breathtaking beauty, but also one of the oldest wine growing areas of Hungary. Sabar Wine House, an ambitious, dynamically growing wine estate produces its volcanic wines here, in Badacsony region. The winery takes its name from Sabar Hill of 217 meters high, just near the village of Káptalantóti – it’s one of the smallest of the mountains of Balaton National Park, however regarding the terroir, it’s one of the best with great potential. The centre of Sabar estate, and the majority of its vineyards are located here.

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Sabar Wine House was founded in 2009, and since then its territories have grown up to 7 hectares, and they have renewed and refilled two cellars of Sabar Hill with wine – ensuring that life would return to this wonderful hill of vineyards. Their terroir driven wines with good price–value ratio have been quickly noticed by the quality oriented wine consumers. The portfolio consists of two main branches: a fresh, crispy line and a more concentrated line of wines with more potential to be aged – but both line with great quality and cleanness.

Gábor Ádám, manager of Sabar Wine House offers unique wine experiences, and his aim is to create wines of outstanding quality, to contribute to the local community, and to work on the great reputation of Badacsony wine region. His enthusiastic team supports him fully in achieving these goals, and they make wines with peculiar characteristics, accompanied with the values and the tradition of the place, the beauty of the surroundings, the attractions and charm of the region. Their objective is not only to sell as many bottles as possible, but also to attract visitors to the venue and to share this unique feeling, the sense of terroir with them.

Web: www.sabar.hu

Importers: Belgium (Qwine), Poland (Wine Service Group), Slovakia (Beer&wine Depot PWR s.r.o.), UK (Novel Wines, The Wine Society) 

Contact person:

Gábor Ádám
Tel.: +36-30-984-6540
Email: sabar@sabar.hu

“SABARISM”

It was not conscious at all. The concept of sabarism simply developed somehow and also the name came from you. After a long night spent on the wine terrace, a guest of ours texted us this word. We found it nice and funny, so we started using it in our everyday lives, and at this point, we may be able to finally define what it really means. 

We have been a small winery for ten years, with great plans and great wines. Many of you have been regular visitors to Sabar Hill almost from the beginning, and some of you even take our wines with you to ski. 🙂 More and more people like spending time here with a growing family and a growing circle of friends, and sometimes you celebrate important anniversaries with us. When you are here, it is like spending college years together. The most essential thing is being together, laugh and share experiences, just like back in school. This is what sabarism means to us. Relaxed and cheerful moments, days, tearful laughs, emotions, tranquility.

We know you, sabarists.

We don’t know your biographical information, but we know how good it feels to ease up here after a hard week. Or to just lay your eyes on the clouds for long minutes. To drink a few glasses of wine that flows into your body like the water of life. To talk with strangers for hours, then think of them as friends on the way home. And then to wait for another day to come when we can catch up right where we’d left off in the world of Sabar, a peaceful place without the evergoing competition of the outside world.  

Sabarism is a trend that brings human well-feeling, the joy of spending time together, laughing and relaxing without social glaze, back into fashion again.

Wines

Rhine Riesling Hercegföld 2024

Sun-warmed wind from Lake Balaton, the surface is steel blue, tranquility all around. Your eyes rest on the horizon, your Riesling is in hand. Golden green, brilliant in the glass, the colour perfectly suits the blue of the distance and the idyllic mood created by the noble, gracious wine. The overwhelming calmness is spiced up by a hint of awakening spring with yellow flesh tropical fruits and vibrant, zesty acidity. The lovely bitterness in the finish makes you stay and by now you know that you want to share this wine with someone special.

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Sabar Pinot Gris 2025

The wine opens with the tartness of the wild pear spiced by soft fennel and some soothing woody notes. The mineral character does not appear immediately, the Pinot Gris is humble as usual, but the minerality is “in its blood”. As we go on tasting, some naughty and savage notes appear, reminiscent of cornflowers in summer meadows, awakening a long-forgotten tasting bud.

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Sabar Olaszrizling 2025

It is only morning but you would fancy a glass of wine? It can happen and it happens to us, then comes this deep-rooted, native Olaszrizling from Sabar hill. If you have twisted its neck (opened the screw cap), don’t leave it alone, this wine needs company. Apple strudel, citrusy flavours along with sweet spices, bitter and sweet, tart and straight. Clear wine, clear talks. Your day might be over, but you realise that you would have spent it with only superficial things. Drink your wine and get yourself a fresh start.

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Sabar Cabernet Franc Rosé 2025

Close your eyes and taste the wine. You will feel solemn tannins dressed in slivery pastel pink. The playful flavours are like ethereal dancers in feather-light dresses at an elegant ball, with passionate dance partners. Redcurrant, green-fleshed plum, fresh cherry. The base rhythm is given by the lavish acidity and the aftertaste gives to floor to a rounder, kinder tone. Vanilla, clove and a pinch of mischievous pepper. Now you can open your eyes. Oops, the wine has gone, hasn’t it?

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Rhine Riesling 1970, 2025

The grape for this wine arrived from a 50-year-old southern plantation. Pineapple sweetness, sweet lime, fiery minerality, and a hint of salt. Gorgeous, well-rounded. Her voluptuous body, bathed in golden light, promises a night of pleasure, yet for some reason you sense you won’t want to part with her even afterward. You’d hoped for a casual fling, yet you surrender to her as she gently opens up, giving you time to understand. You like that she doesn’t rush you.”

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Olaszrizling Birtokbor (‘Estate Wine’), 2025

Purity, depth, dedication, arrival. At the different stages of experiencing, we begin sensing the fairy-like almond flowers – almond is a typical note of Olaszrizling variety.  When smelling and tasting the wine, we can picture the enchanting petals dancing in the spring wind. Then we realise the depth, the layers of the wine with apricot and sweet spices followed by flint with a touch of smokiness. The aftertaste says goodbye with a pinch of bitterness reminiscent of apricot corn. It makes us thirsty for another glass.

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Sabar Birtok Vörös (‘Estate Red’) 2023

This estate wine is a marriage on safe, solid basement and it promises many exciting adventures. It is a passionate encounter of the savage morello cherry and ripened blackberry with some rose pepper hints and some bold liqueur notes. Wildness is a key character of this wine. How about you?

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