Experience and investment
In the limited, named Millennium wine treasuries we keep not only the finest bottles of Holdvölgy's greatest vintages, but experiences that belong to them. We think in years, and in decades. The wines in the treasury grow more valuable as time passes, and richer in the glass. Along the way, the events we hold around the vines and the wines make that something to share with family, friends and business partners. Those experiences happen where the wines were born: the historic vineyards and the 500-year-old cellar.
5
lease
30
every year
150
over the full term
2 500 000
in forints at the end of the lease
Each year, treasury holders and one guest join a blending on the estate. With our head winemaker they taste and score options no one else will taste, and, so the decision is a grounded one, they also taste the three previous vintages of the wine in question. At the end, the final blend is the one that goes into bottle. They leave with a certificate recording the part they played in the life of the estate.
Treasury holders may bring five guests on an exclusive vineyard and cellar tour, led by our head winemaker, across our historic sites. The visit includes parts of the estate the public rarely sees, and a tasting of 12 wines, at a time agreed in advance.
Holders can receive family, friends and business partners in private. That might be the quiet tasting room of the vineyard house, or the aszú room of the historic cellar, where there is time to taste, to talk, and to meet.
Every year the treasury collection grows by 30 bottles. Among them are that year's Culture 6 puttonyos Tokaji aszú, among the most valuable wines of the estate, able to keep for 50 to 100 years. Their price rises year by year with demand and with how few bottles there are. Over a five-year lease their value can grow two or three times over. The historic vineyards, the experience of our grower and winemaker, precise handwork, modern equipment and a 500-year-old cellar are what stand behind each aszú vintage.
Over the five-year lease, 150 bottles of outstanding Holdvölgy wine enter the collection. Each year that is 6 bottles of Tokaji aszú, 12 dry wines and 12 sweet wines. The 24 dry and sweet bottles can be composed to suit the holder, and our estate director advises with the longer aim in mind. The lease can be extended by another five years before it ends.
An enquiry can be sent through the form on this page, on the enquiry form or directly to our estate director. Depending on which treasuries are free, a spoken or written agreement is followed by a contract in which Holdvölgy undertakes to keep the bottles, under its existing insurance. Holders remain anonymous. If they wish, we introduce them to other members.
Our estate director or our head winemaker stays in touch with every holder, and the advice is personal. Together we look at how each bottle can age, which wine to open, which to give, and which to pour at a business meeting. A treasury holds 200 bottles, so further wines can be bought, to keep or to enjoy, and we store those too.
Beyond the experiences and the bottles guaranteed each year, treasury holders receive 20% off every further purchase, including tastings and wine bought at the estate and at our other locations. We deliver their orders free of charge, even a single bottle. On occasion we also offer parcels of reserve wines that only they can buy.
