Cserszegi Fűszeres is a white Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 grape variety. It is named after its place of origin: Cserszegtomaj

Cserszegtomaj

Cserszegtomaj is a village in Zala county, Hungary. It is located north of Keszthely, at the south-west foot of the Keszthely Hills.- Etymology :The name Cserszeg comes from the compound of the two Hungarian words cser and szeg...

 at Keszthely

Keszthely

Keszthely is a Hungarian city of 21,100 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It's the second largest city by the lake after Siófok....

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The white Cserszegi Fűszeres is a cross between the Irsai Olivér

Irsai Oliver

Irsai Olivér is a Hungarian white table/wine variety, crossed between Pozsonyi and Pearl of Csaba in 1930. It is early ripening, with a distinctive Muscat character.-Synonyms:...

 and Roter Traminer, a member of the Traminer family closely related to Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz, and in French it is written '...

. It was created in 1960 by Károly Bakonyi at the Pannon University of Agriculture.

The grape variety has a high yield with high sugar content and is less sensitive to cold. Its wines are dry or half dry and have a distinctive aroma, spicy taste with a harmonious acid

Acids in wine

The acids in wine are an important component in both winemaking and the finished product of wine. They are present in both grapes and wine, having direct influences on the color, balance and taste of the wine as well as the growth and vitality of yeasts during fermentation and protecting the wine...

; this variety is often informally called "spiced wine" in Hungary.

Distribution in Hungary: mainly in the Vineyards of Csongrád, Hajós, Baja, Kunság, Etyek, Buda, and in the Balaton region.

The only synonym of Cserszegi Fűszeres is Cserszegi Fűszeries (with an extra "i").