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Sopron PDO 1,436ha

location & terroir?

varieties?

Elevated village within?

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Most NW corner of Hungary boarding Burgenland & Lake Neusiedlersee. Pannonian climate. Rich gneiss and mica schist.

¾’s of production are red varieties; predominantly: Kékfrankos followed by Zweigelt and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Kőszeg PDO is a village/vineyard elevated to wine sub district?

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Villány 2,483ha

location & terroir?

2 additional villages of note?

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South along the Croatian border. Hungary’s hottest region: sub-Mediterranean climate - though winters do get cold.

Villány Hills consist of five huge plates thrust up on top of one another for south-facing vineyards on a limestone bedrock overlaid with loess and clay.

Palkonya and Kisharsány are other significant wine villages other than Villány itself. (‘kiss-harsh-sharn’)

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Villány 2,483ha

International varieties of note?

2 indigenous varieties of note?

1 trademarked style?

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc (Villányi Franc) & Merlot

Kékfrankos and Kékoportó (Blauer Portugieser).

Also produce a lot of Rose.

RedY is also a newer initiative for Portugieser-based blends that are light, fresh & fruity.

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Villány 2,483ha

1 producer and top wine?

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Gere Attila Winery “gear-re’
7 generations, 70ha.

‘Kopar Cuvee’ is Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon only made in the best years from the best fruit from the slopes of Villány PDO (Kopár, Csillagvölgy, Konkoly, Ördögárok). Barrique for 16-18 months.

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Tokaji

Ha?

6 permitted varieties for production?

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5,361ha

Furmit: 2/3rd of regions plantings. Susceptible to botrytis and high acidity. Skins grow back after bursting?

Harslevelu (linden leaf / Lipovina in Slovak): Linden leaf refers to the linden leaf/blossom like aromas it develops with age.

Sarga Muskotaly / Yellow Muscat (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)/Muscat Lunel: used as a seasoning grape like Muscadelle in Sauternes.

Zeta (previously called Oremus), Koverszolo, Kabar (all 3 are rarely used)

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When was Tokaji delaminated and classified?

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In 1737 by Royal decree - adjusted in 1772 - but dates back in literature in 1571.

Resembling somewhat of a ‘V’ shape with the Hill of Tokaj at its base the vineyards of 27 villages were classified into 1st, 2nd & 3rd levels with 2 Great First Growths:

Szarvas & Mézes Mály (Honey pot)
Ideally situated South facing at the top of the steepest declivities and perfectly accessible to the air both from east and west.

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István Szepsy

Village & vineyards of note?

wine of note?
2nd label?

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Mád. 18 generations.

63 ha of cultivated area at premium sites such as Kiraly near Mád (“King´s Hill”), Danczka, Urágya, Betsek and Nyulas – appears to blend? And bottles Aszu no single vineyards?

  • 2017 Cuvee Anastasia – one off wine made by his
    daughter Anastasia.
  • ‘Hun’ a 2nd label of sorts recently released.

Urban 2nd is used for dry wines.

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The Royal Tokaji Wine Company

Inauguration?

Credited with revitalizing single vineyards with what wine & when?

3 x 1er bottlings?

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Mád. 1990 - Hugh Johnson & investors in 1990. Szepsy vinified the co-op’s first vintages of 90 & 91. They own over 100 hectares of vineyards.

‘Great Frist Growth’ Mezes Maly (first vintage 1993). 11 of the 19ha. ‘Honey Pot’.

All village of Mád:
* Nyulaszo: Steely one
* Szt Tamas: more blossomy
* Betsek: heartier style

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Older vintages of Tokaji can go almost black

Vintages of note in the last 25 years?

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1972: Excellent

1993: Legendary, Historic vintage. First great year after the change in political system.

Poor: 1998

1999: Legendary – rivalling 1993 as vintage of the decade.

00’, 01’, 03’, 05’, 06’, 07’: Excellent

2008: Legandary – Essencia produced.

’09, ’12, ’13, ‘17: Excellent

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Who owns Tokaji Oremus?

Locations?

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Vega Sicilia (Alvarez family), 1993.

New winery in Tolcsva.

First class growth monopole vineyard of ‘Oremus’ is in Sátoraljaújhely northeast of Tolcsva.“Or-ree-muss” means “Let us Pray” in Latin. ‘shat-o-ray-olley-hay’.

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Szarvas Dülö
location & monopole owner?

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Stags Hill vineyard sits on the Southern Slope of Mount Tokaji. Crown Estates of Hungary.

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Which Tokaji estate did Jean Michael Cazes help establish?

location?

2 vineyards?

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Disznókõ

  1. AXA Millesimes – aided by employee by Jean Michael Cazes. This vineyard was once owned by the Hungarian Prime Minister in 1867.

Southeast of the Village Mad – halfway between Tarcal.

Monpole vineyard Disznókö (“pig rock”) refers to a large stone that was meant to resemble a wild boar. Dorgo vineyard is above? on the same hillside.

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Tokaji Mountain alternative name?

Location?

Climate & Terroir?

4 rivers of note?

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Mt. Kopasz

NE Hungary at the base of the Zemplen Mountain range; at the northern point of the great flat plains. The region is further sheltered to the North by the Carpathian Mountain range.

Warm continental climate with long humid autumns. Loess & clay over volcanic subsoil.

Bodrog & the Tisza.

Madi & Tolcsva are 2 village named rivers also.

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4 Villages of Tokaji of note?

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Sátoraljaújhely ‘shat-o-ray-ully-hay’
Sárospatak
Tolcsva
Mád (Madi river)
Tarcal
Toakji

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Tokaji Szamorodni (“Za-ma-rondi”)

2 styles and req?

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‘As it comes’
Whole bunch harvesting as apposed to single berry for a mixture of both aszú and non aszú grapes.

The finished product can be both:

dry (száras ‘sar-rash’)
Max. 9 g/L RS.

sweet (édes ‘e-desh’).
Min. 45 g/L RS.

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The 2013 Tokaj Product Specification (TPS) essentially abolished the 3-5 puttonyos system and now protects the term Aszú.

What are Aszú req?

min. planting density’s?
max yields?
min. RS?
min. abv?
Aging req?

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Aszú must be hand harvested - all enrichment forbidden.
4,000 vines/ha.
10 tons/ha or 70hl/ha

120 RS g/L
9% abv
Aged for 3 years - 18m in barrel.

3-5 puttonyos remain as labelling terms for marketing purposes only.

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6 Puttonyos min. RS?

Aszú Esszencia
max yields?
min. RS?
min. abv?

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150 g/L

2 tons/ha
min. 450 g/L
1.2-8% abv.

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Historical volume of a Puttonyos?

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20L of Aszu paste/ 25 kg’s

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What is the other barrel historically used in Tokaji?

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Szerednye “sa-rend-ya”.

A Szerednye barrel is 200-220L (mainly 220L though) was also common.

Also made from Zemplén oak in the village of Szerednye – now modern Ukraine. Gönc and Szerednye barrels were also easier to transport by cart as the wines from the region were primarily exported to Polish and Russia and the barrels were never returned thus new ones had to be crafted every vintage.

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Fordítás

Production method?

min RS?
Aging req?

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‘Turning over’

Made by pouring must on aszú dough which has already been used to make aszú wine.

Can be dry (száras) or sweet (édes). 9 / 45 g/L RS.
Min. 6 months in barrel.

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Máslás

Production method?

min RS?
Aging req?

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‘Copy’
Made by pouring must on the lees of aszú.

Can be dry (száras) or sweet (édes). 9 / 45 g/L RS.
Min. 6 months in barrel.

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Késői Szüretelésű

Production method?

min RS?
Aging req?

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‘Late Harvest’ ‘key-shoi sa-ra-taly-e-shu’

Min.45 g/L RS - typically 50-180 g/l RS and a ratio of botrytized berries comparable to Aszú wines.

No aging req? and thus is becoming an emerging more reductive style ready for release a year to 18 months after harvest.

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What is the term for Tokaji white table wine?

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Fehér bor

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What is the term for Tokaji sparkling wine?

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Pezsgő

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What is the Hungarian term for ice wine?

1 producer?

A

‘Jégbor’

Chateau Pajzos ‘poi-zosh’
Sárospatak, 55ha. Owned by the Laborde family of Château Clinet in Pomerol.

In 1999 became the first winery to produce a Tokaji ice wine:
* Labelled as ‘ Tokaji Furmint Jégbor Icewine’

  • 1993 & 1999 Pajzos Tokaj Esszencia – both received 100 points from Robert Parker and Neil Martin.
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Egri-Csillag

req?

authorized varieties?

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“tea-laag” (Star)

Must be a blend of at least 4 grape varieties. No single variety may be less than 5% or more than 50% of the total blend. A minimum of 50% of the blend of the authorised varieties – the remained may be made up of anything else?

Authorized varieties include: Furmint, Hárslevelű, Sárga muskotály, Kabar, Olaszrizling (Welschrielsing), Pinot Blanc etc + LOTS of other indigenous varieties…

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Bikavér

Req?

Authorized varieties?

Aging req for 3 tiers?

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“Bulls Blood”

Must be a blend of at least 4 grape varieties, including 30-50% Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch).

No single variety may be less than 5% or more than 50% of the total blend.

Authorized varieties include Kékoportó (Blauer Portugieser), Kadarka (Histroically was #1), Blauburger, Zweigelt, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Menoire, Syrah.

Aging requirements in wooden barrel: Classicus (6m), Superior (12m), Grand Superior (12m).

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What is the most famous red wine wine region in Észak Magyarország?

location?

2 additional wine regions of note?

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North Hungary

Eger PDO 5,618ha

Eger is a city & region just northeast of Budapest (which is centre of the country) in the northern Massif located between the Mátra and the Bükk Mountains – also wine regions.

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Weingut Keller

4 vineyards of note?

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Florsheim-Dalsheim. Klaus Peter Keller 9th gene. Apprenticed at Domaine Armand Rousseau and Domaine Hubert Lignier in Burgundy.

Hubacker (Dalsheimer): 4 ha family’s oldest vineyard - 1789.

Morstein (Westhofener)

Abts Erde (Westhofener) tends to be less spicy and slighter fruitier and more reductive

Nierstein’s Roter Hang: Pettenthal (0.3ha) & Hipping (0.5 ha) - 2012

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Flaschengärung?

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German

‘traditional fermentation inside the bottle’

31
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Gutsabfüllung?

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German

Estate Botteled

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