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Rány 1er Cru Furmint – Csite Winery

The Csite family bought their first small vineyard plot in 2008, and founded their winery the following year in Erdőbénye. They are a small operation, with just 1.5 hectares of vineyards, which they work by hand. Keeping their vineyards clean from pesticides and herbicides is important to the family, and they use different natural fertilizers and herbal infusions in the vineyards. Csite’s ultimate goal is to produce their wines in the most natural way possible, with as little intervention as is necessary. Grapes for this wine come from 35 year old vines from the Csite’s small plot (just one-third of a hectare) in the Rány vineyard, in Olaszliszka. One of the oldest vineyards in the region, it  was first mentioned in written documents in 1248. Furmint is the flagship variety of the volcanic Tokaj region. Thanks to its relatively neutral personality, the grape is adept at reflecting terroir. So winemakers in Tokaj, such as Norbert Csite, love to create single-vineyard versions of Furmint (such as this one). Furmint has a razor-sharp acidity, which benefits by being rounded by a few grams of residual sugar. It is also known for its slightly tannic character, and its lean structure. This is a deliciously full-bodied Furmint, with all all of the wonderful Tokaj minerality going on. It was spontaneous fermented, and has a ton of complexity. On the nose it is floral, with flavors of peach, quince, apple, apricot jam. On the palate, there is also pineapple, peach, tropical fruit, quince, and a bit of mango … and the long mineral finish is what we love in a good dry Tokaji Furmint. Just 706 bottles of this wine were made. Enjoy it with Hungarian stew (pörkölt), or Indian, Thai, or Chinese cuisine.

5,990 Ft

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In 1700 Tokaj developed one of the world’s earliest vineyard classification systems, and Tokaj is most famous for being the birthplace of Tokaji Aszú—one of the world’s oldest sweet wines.

Located in northeastern Hungary—which historically has been the crossroads of Central Europe—the region is framed by natural borders: the town of Tokaj in the southwest corner where the Bodrog and the Tisza rivers meet, the Bodrog river to the southeast, and the Zemplén hills to the northwest. The Tokaj region has 5,500 hectares of vineyards and 27 towns and villages. Wines from the different vineyards can all be quite different, and winemakers here love to experiment with single vineyard wines.

On top of its long and fascinating history, the Tokaj region has so much for wine-lover’s to discover. It is rich in a variety of volcanic soils; has a microclimate ideal for bringing on noble rot (botrytis); grows some really interesting indigenous grape varieties; and has a truly enchanting subterranean labyrinth of mould-covered cellars where the wines age. Though Tokaj is best known for its sweet Aszú wines, which are made from botrytized grapes, more than half of the wine it produces is dry.

Six official grape varieties grow in Tokaj. The superstars are the indigenous varieties Furmint and Hárslevelű, with Furmint being the high profile grape that tends to steal the show. Other varieties grown in smaller quantities are Sárga Muskotály, Kövérszölö, Zéta (a crossing of Furmint and Bouvier), and Kabar (a crossing of Hárslevelű and Bouvier). All of these wines are being increasingly made in dry styles, which winemakers are embracing because they are more marketable.

But it’s the sweet wines which make the region so unlike any other. They rely on the development of botrytis, which comes with the right weather conditions. The harvest here is a long, labor-intensive process which starts with the dry wine harvests, and continues with the harvesting of the botrytized grapes, which is done by hand.

In addition to Aszú (which is made with botryized grapes which are selectively harvested by hand, one berry at a time), other styles include late harvest wines, sweet and dry versions of Szamorodni (made with whole clusters of grapes containing a mixture of both botrytized and healthy grapes), Forditás (made from the second pressing after Aszú is made), Máslás (made from the second pressing after Aszú is made), and Eszencia (made from the free-run juice of Aszú berries, so thick and concentrated that it only reaches about four percent alcohol).

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