Patricius Winery

Spreading across the characteristic volcanic slopes of Tokaj, the vineyards that serve the winery are located north of the main road in Sárospatak.

More than two hundred and fifty years old, the wine house that was turned into the reception building was already represented on a site plan made in 1867.

The building offers the atmosphere of a combined wine house and mansion, with the wine press house hidden behind it.

Wine house

After the comprehensive renovation of the old wine house and the addition of the veranda, the mansion now boasts dedicated spaces for the reception of guests, for offices and for must fermentation in barrels – and there is even a loft apartment.

The objective was to restore the original clear and noble character, which combines the archetype of traditional wine houses with a contemporary "company headquarters" outlook.

Winery

Instead of appearing as a standalone service building, the winery is hidden behind a terrain structure that evokes the retaining walls, stone bastions and recesses of vineyard hills.

The premises of the winery are organised around a courtyard sunk into the ground under the green hills and slopes, behind the stone retaining walls.

Only the entrance to the wine processing unit and the upper service level stand out from this subterranean world, united in a sort of bastion as a reference to the former castle, but also to the heaps of stone erected in the vineyards, which are also known locally as ‘bastions’.

The cellars dug into the ground start on the lowest level of the processing unit, where such majestic noble wines as Aszú, Szamorodni or Fordítás are matured.