Tokaji AszĂș, 6 puttonyos – Royal Tokaji Winery
Royal Tokaji Winery was founded in 1990 by a small group of investors, including Hugh Johnson (one of the UK’s top wine writers) and 62 small local wine growers. A statue of Johnson sits in the winery’s courtyard. This was one of the first new wineries to arrive in the region after Communism ended, and foreign investors began to re-discover the potential of this almost forgotten region. The winery is housed on MĂĄd’s main street, in a stately old house which once belonged to the Zimmermanns, a prominent Jewish wine family. In Tokaj, this cooperation between east and west resulted in wines which became cleaner, and better understandable dessert wines. Importantly, the wines continued to respect the region’s deep traditions and the more than 500-year history of Tokaji AszĂș. This is an outstanding wine, with aromas of apricot, honey, orange peels, and spices. Its natural luscious sweetness is perfectly balanced by an uplifting fresh acidity, which is the result of Furmint and HĂĄrslevelƱ grapes being grown on volcanic soil, combined with hot summers and muggy autumns, and with a long barrel aging in deep, cool, mould-covered cellars. This is a brilliant example classic Tokaji AszĂș.
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In 1700 Tokaj developed one of the worldâs earliest vineyard classification systems, and Tokaj is most famous for being the birthplace of Tokaji AszĂșâone of the worldâs oldest sweet wines.
Located in northeastern Hungaryâwhich historically has been the crossroads of Central Europeâthe 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-loverâs 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 itâs 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).
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Austria | 7,800 HUF | 8,300 HUF | 9,500 HUF |
Belgium | 10,200 HUF | 10,500 HUF | 12,200 HUF |
Bulgaria | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Croatia | 10,200 HUF | 10,500 HUF | 12,200 HUF |
Czech Republic | 7,800 HUF | 8,300 HUF | 9,500 HUF |
Denmark | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Estonia | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Finland | 19,900 HUF | 21,200 HUF | 23,800 HUF |
France | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Germany | 7,800 HUF | 8,300 HUF | 9,500 HUF |
Greece (mainland) | 19,900 HUF | 21,200 HUF | 23,800 HUF |
Hungary (outside of Budapest) | 2,500 HUF | 3,500 HUF | 4,500 HUF |
Hungary (Budapest) | 2,500 HUF | 3,500 HUF | Free delivery for orders over 20,000 HUF |
Ireland | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Italy | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Latvia | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Lithuania | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Luxembourg | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
Netherlands | 10,200 HUF | 10,500 HUF | 12,200 HUF |
Poland | 7,800 HUF | 8,300 HUF | 9,500 HUF |
Portugal | 19,900 HUF | 21,200 HUF | 23,800 HUF |
Romania | 10,200 HUF | 10,500 HUF | 12,200 HUF |
Slovakia | 7,800 HUF | 8,300 HUF | 9,500 HUF |
Slovenia | 10,200 HUF | 10,500 HUF | 12,200 HUF |
Spain | 19,900 HUF | 21,200 HUF | 23,800 HUF |
Sweden | 13,800 HUF | 14,500 HUF | 15,900 HUF |
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