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Tokaji AszĂș, 5 puttonyos – Royal Tokaji Winery

This is the jewel of the crown—the wine that Hungarians sing about in their national anthem. And this was the last exceptional vintage of the 2010s. It’s a rich, concentrated, fruity, and fresh dessert wine. The sweetness (160 grams/liter of residual sugar) is balanced by a high level of acidity (8 grams /liter of acidity). It has flavors and aromas of dried apricot, acacia honey, orange marmalade, and candied ginger. It is amazing with the classic AszĂș pairings—blue cheese and foie gras. The Royal Tokaji Winery was established in the early 1990s, right after the the end of Communism, by Hugh Johnson, the British wine-writer. It is located in the historical and prestigious town of MĂĄd, in the heart of the Tokaj wine region. The winery quickly became one of the area’s most influential and well-known producers. With 107 hectares, they are also one of the region’s biggest land-owners. Royal Tokaji has gained a good international and local reputation, and one of their wines recently earned 100 points in Wine Spectator. A true classic.

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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 AszĂș—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 ZemplĂ©n 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 AszĂș 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 HårslevelƱ, with Furmint being the high profile grape that tends to steal the show. Other varieties grown in smaller quantities are Sårga Muskotåly, Kövérszölö, Zéta (a crossing of Furmint and Bouvier), and Kabar (a crossing of HårslevelƱ 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 AszĂș (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), ForditĂĄs (made from the second pressing after AszĂș is made), MĂĄslĂĄs (made from the second pressing after AszĂș is made), and Eszencia (made from the free-run juice of AszĂș berries, so thick and concentrated that it only reaches about four percent alcohol).

Country1-3 bottles 4-6 bottles7-12 bottles
Austria7,800 HUF8,300 HUF9,500 HUF
Belgium10,200 HUF10,500 HUF12,200 HUF
Bulgaria13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Croatia10,200 HUF10,500 HUF12,200 HUF
Czech Republic7,800 HUF8,300 HUF9,500 HUF
Denmark13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Estonia13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Finland19,900 HUF21,200 HUF23,800 HUF
France13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Germany7,800 HUF8,300 HUF9,500 HUF
Greece (mainland)19,900 HUF21,200 HUF23,800 HUF
Hungary (outside of Budapest)2,500 HUF3,500 HUF4,500 HUF
Hungary (Budapest)2,500 HUF3,500 HUFFree delivery for orders over 20,000 HUF
Ireland13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Italy13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Latvia13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Lithuania13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Luxembourg13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
Netherlands10,200 HUF10,500 HUF12,200 HUF
Poland7,800 HUF8,300 HUF9,500 HUF
Portugal19,900 HUF21,200 HUF23,800 HUF
Romania10,200 HUF10,500 HUF12,200 HUF
Slovakia7,800 HUF8,300 HUF9,500 HUF
Slovenia10,200 HUF10,500 HUF12,200 HUF
Spain19,900 HUF21,200 HUF23,800 HUF
Sweden13,800 HUF14,500 HUF15,900 HUF
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