Large cellar systems - like those at Oremus - typically host a room, where one can taste the wines where they were aged. Anyone who makes an appointment can enjoy this unique atmosphere.

Oremus cellars

In the Zemplén Mountains, in the geographic centre of the Tokaj Wine Region, you'll find the village of Tolcsva, with cozy mansions and old labyrinthine wine cellars.

The tunnels were simply carved into the soft layers of volcanic rhyolite tuff and later arched with bricks or rocks. The climatic conditions of the cellars provide ideal conditions to age the wines either in barrels or bottles. – © Márton Csíkszentmihályi

View of Tolcsva from Castle hill. In front of the Oremus Winery is the oldest building in the village, the quite rare Gothic-style Roman Catholic church (built in the 14th century). – © István Mészáros

Entrances of the Oremus underground cellar labyrinth. The first mentions of underground cellars in the village of Tolcsva date to the late-13th century. – © Márton Csíkszentmihályi

Tokaji wines have always been renowned for their aging potential so Oremus has a special treasury in the cellar to store older vintages, the so-called library wines. – © Márton Csíkszentmihályi

The tunnels were simply carved into the soft layers of volcanic rhyolite tuff and later arched with bricks or rocks. The climatic conditions of the cellars provide ideal conditions to age the wines either in barrels or bottles. – © Márton Csíkszentmihályi

Oremus cellars are famous for sweet wines, aged in tunnels carved by hand into the typical volcanic tuff rock of Tokaj that covers most of the hills at varying depths. The temperature of the cellars remain around 10.5°C year-round, with a humidity of 85-90%.

You will see strangely covered walls because of the special mold on it, which helps to regulate the humidity and keep the air clean. The cellars have shafts leading up to the surface for natural ventilation—called “spirit holes.”

The Oremus cellars were once 10 separate cellars next to each other. During the 19th and 20th centuries, they were connected underground to form an almost 4-km labyrinth. During the communist regime, the cellar was used as the most prestigious aging cellar of the state cooperative. In 1993, the famous Spanish wine company Bodegas Vega-Sicilia revitalised the Oremus estate. Since then the underground cellars have been home to the barrel aging process for Oremus wines.

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Oremus cellars

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