Application of the "Double Maturation Raisonnee" (DMR) method for quality wine production in Badacsony, Hungary

New grape growing technologies are needed to face the global warming and climate change, especially for the production of high-quality wines from late harvested grapes, which in standalone involved in a high production risk. The DMR technology was applied to the production of late harvested wine specialities in 2012-2021 for 4 white and 2 red wine varieties. The experiments were carried out in 4 replicates per variety and per year, measuring yield, quality parameters and visual inspection of Botrytis infection and withering. The results show that, in accordance with international literature, the DMR method significantly decreased the yield of all vari-eties, while the must and titratable acidity significantly increased. The advantage of the method was evaluated as a reduction of infection in years of hard Botrytis infection. In conclusion, the DMR method can be used to produce wine specialities of residual sugar content with a lower risk.