12. Tokaj

Question 1

Tokaj

Answer 1

• Moderate continental
• Noble rot -> Aszú wines
  o Botrytised-grapes that have shrivelled on the vine
• Nyirok, a volcanic soil (most powerful wines) / Loess (lighter, delicate)
• Tokaji PDO -> 6 permitted grapes
  o Furmint (69%), Hárslevelű (18%) and Sárga Muskotály (9%)
• Eszencia -> tiny volume of syrupy free-run juice from Aszú berries
• Late harvest -> similar way to sweet wines found in other wine regions
• Szamorodni -> as it comes
  o Édes Szamorodni (sweeter style) à more common
  o Száraz Szamorodni (dry style)
• Dry wines -> increase (tripled in 5 years), high-quality wines being made