Hungary

Question 1

What are the 3 major geographical zones of Hungary? How many regions qualify for PDO status?

Answer 1

North Hungary, Transdanubia, Great Plain

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Question 2

What is Olaszrizling ?

Answer 2

Welschriesling

Question 3

What mountain range shelters the Tokaj region?

Answer 3

Carpathian Mountain Range

Question 3

What two areas are allowed to use the term Bikaver on the label?

Answer 3

Eger, North Hungary

Szekszard, Transdanubia

Question 4

What are Fordítás and Máslás?

Answer 4

Fordítás and Máslás wines are the product of refermenting wine with the pressed paste or spent lees, respectively, of Tokaji Aszú.

Question 5

In what year did the European Union prohibit the use of the term Tokaj from any other region than Tokaj?

Answer 5

2007

Question 5

What is Hungary’s hottest region and where is it located?

Answer 5

Villany along the southern Croatian border.

Question 6

What does Edes and Szaras mean?

Answer 6

Sweet and Dry

Question 8

What type of climate and soil type does Tokaj have?

Answer 8

Warm continental climate with long humid autumns.

Volcanic loess and clay soil

Question 9

What is a puttony?

Answer 9

A container used to hold the aszu berries whilst picking.

It holds roughly 25kg

Question 10

What is Esszencia?

Answer 10

Free run juice from the Aszu berries vinified separately and can take decades to ferment to 4-6% alcohol. The end wine is said to live forever.

Question 11

At the confluence of what 2 Rivers is Tokaj found?

Answer 11

Tisza and Bodrog Rivers

Question 12

What are the minimum residual sugar levels for the following aszu levels?

3 Puttonyos

4 Puttonyos

5 Puttonyos

6 Puttonyos

Aszuasszencia (7-9 Puttonyos)

Naturesszencia

Answer 12

3 Puttonyos- 60g/l

4 Puttonyos- 90g/l

5 Puttonyos- 120g/l

6 Puttonyos- 150g/l

Aszuasszencia (7-9 Puttonyos)- 180g/l

Naturesszencia- 450g/l (previously 250g/l)

Question 13

Where is Sopron located and what grape is it known for?

Answer 13

It is contiguous with Austria and they plant Kekfrankos on both sides of the border.

Question 14

What is an aszu grape?

Answer 14

The term originally signified desiccated grapes, it has evolved to indicate grapes of high sugar levels afflicted with botrytis cinerea—the noble rot.

Question 16

What is Tokaji Szamorodni?

Answer 16

Tokaji Szamorodni (“as it comes”) is produced from a mixture of aszú and non-aszú grapes and is often oxidative in style as it is matured in cask for a minimum of two years—sometimes under a film-forming yeast similar to flor. These wines may be either sweet or dry.

Question 17

In what century was Hungary given a classification system for vineyards?

Answer 17

18th

Question 18

What is a gonc?

Answer 18

A Hungarian oak cask of approximately 136L used in the making of sweet wine from Tokaji.

Question 19

What is the major varietal in the Egri Bikaver blend wine?

How many grape varietals must be in the blend?

Answer 19

Kadarka

3 varietals minimum and Kekfrankos (blaufrankish) is usually the 2nd major component.

Question 20

What is Tokaji?

Answer 20

Tokaji is an adjectival form used to indicate the wine from Tokaj.

Question 21

What are the 2 principal grapes of Tokaj?

Answer 21

Furmint and Hárslevelű

Question 22

What are the Great First Growths of Tokaj and where are they located?

Answer 22

Mezes Maly- comune of Tarcal

Szarvas- commune of Tokaj

Question 24

Kekfrankos is a synonym for what Austrian varietal?

Answer 24

Blaufrankisch

Question 25

What is Bull’s Blood?

Answer 25

Synonymous with the Egri Bikaver

a blend dominated by Kadarka

Located in the Eger region of North Hungary