Hungary Flashcards
What are the three larger wine producing regions of Hungary?
North Hungary
Danube
Transdanubia
Where is the Danube (Duna) region of Hungary?
To the East of the Danube river and South of Budapest
What is Hungary’s largest PDO by land mass? Where is it?
Kunság in the Danube region
What are 3 subregions that the Transdanubian plain can be broken into in Hungary?
Pannon Region
Lake Balaton Region
Pannonia Superior
Where is Tokaj located?
In the Northeast of Hungary near the border with Slovakia
What mountain range shelters the Tokaj region?
Carpathian mountains
What are the rivers that flow thorough Tokaj?
Bodrog and Tisza
What are the 3 winemaking villages in Tokaj?
Mad, Tarcal, and Tokaj
What are the three main grape varietals used to make Tokaj?
Furmint, Harslevelu, and Sárga Muskotály (muscat blanc)
Historically how was the sweetness of Tokaj indicated?
Puttonyos - a puttonyo is a large basket used for harvesting grapes. The number of puttonyos of aszu grapes added to a 136-liter barrel of base wine was a traditional measure of the wines sweetness
What is the minimum g/l RS for Aszú Tokaj?
120 g/l
What is the minimum g/l RS for Aszú 6 puttonyos?
150g/l
What is the minimum g/l RS and alcohol for Aszúeszencia?
180 g/l
6%
What is Szamorodni “száraz” and “édes”?
Szamorodni translates to “as it was grown”, they may include grapes with botrytis, but not aszu berries.
Száraz is the dry style
Édes is the sweet style (min 45g/l rs)
What is Eszencia?
One of the rarest and sweetest wines on earth. Made from the juice of only aszu grapes. Min RS is 450 g/l and min alcohol is 1.2%. Usually these wines come in at around 550 g/l RS and 3% ABV
What is Késoi szüretelésubor in Tokaj?
Late harvest wines
Where would you find “bulls blood” in Hungary?
Eger
What wine is the Eger region of Hungary known for? What grapes is it made from?
Egri Bikavér
Kadarka, Kekfrankos, Zweigelt, Blauburger, Kekmedoc, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir
No one variety can constitute over 50% of the blend and at least 4 of the listed varieties must each constitute at least 5% of the blend.
Where is Eger?
Northeast Hungary, West of Tokaj
Which mountain range protects Eger from the cool winds coming off the Carpathian range?
The Bükk range to the Northeast
What is Csillag in Hungary? Where specifically is it found?
A white blend coming from Eger PDO
Where is the region of Somló?
In Norhwest Hungary between the Northern shore of Lake Balaton and the Austrian border. Within the Nagy-Somló PDO
What is the terroir of Somló?
Vines are centered around the Somló hill which is an extinct volcano with basalt-rich and sandy soils.
**at the same latitude as the hill of Corton
What is the most distinctive varietal of the Somló region?
Juhfark
