Dobogó jewellery: Szamorodni necklace and earrings

The secret of Szamorodni lies in the „noble mould”, a type of fungi, called Botrytis cinerea in Latin. Botritis is known to select its "victims", usually attacking only part of the bunch. While for Aszú – uniquely in the world – the shrivelled berries affected by botrytis cinarea fungi are manually one by one while the bunches are still on the vines, in the case of Szamorodni whole bunches containing both shrivelled and healthy berries are harvested and processed, so they contain berries affected by botrytis in greater or lesser quantities. The colour of this collection made for Szamorodni reflect the glitter of the wine. The corrosive stains created by overfiring the enamel reflect the process as the aszú berries with their “corroded” character create a different quality of wine.

Material: enamel, copper, leather