Hungary

Question 1

Wine law of Hungary

Answer 1

Hungarian wines are goverened by a set of national law revised in 1997 similar to AOC of France
Called Districtus hungaricus controllatus
Hungary regulations define designated area, grape variety, wine making and viticultural process and labelling terms

Question 2

What is special quality wine labelled as in Hungary

Answer 2

Kulonleges minosegi bor

Question 3

What is red, white and rose called in Hungary

Answer 3

voros, feher and roze respectively

Question 4

How is Hungary divided and how many regions are there in sub division

Answer 4

Trans Danube- 15 region
Greater plain - 3 region
Northern massif - 4 region
Total 22 region

Question 5

Trans Danube region

Answer 5

Balaton felvidek
Badacsony 
Balatonfurad csopak 
Balaton boglar 
Zala 
Pannonhalma 
Etyek buda 
Nagy somlo 
Szekszard 
Villany 
Sopron 
Mor 
Aszar Neszmely 
Pecs 
Tolna

Question 6

Lake balaton PDO, grape variety and style

Answer 6

PDO - balaton boglar, badascony, balaton felvidek, balaton furad csopak

Grape variety - olasz reisling(welshriesling) pinot gris, keknyelu although Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc is also planted

Balaton Reisling is medium sweet and full bodied

Balaton furmint is sweet and luscious and full bodied

Question 7

Nagy somlo PDO

Answer 7

Smallest PDO of Hungary
Grape variety - Furmint, Harslevelu, Olaszrizling and Juhfrak

Strong powerfull white wines

Question 8

Szekszard PDO

Answer 8

Makes red white and rose but Is know for strong red wines Called bulls blood is produced here as well in Eger it is produced from same grape variety and similar restrictions

Red varietal - kadarka, kekfrankos, kekoporto, cab sau, cab franc and merlot

White - kiralyleanykas, zold veltinis and Chardonnay

Question 9

Villany PDO

Answer 9

Know for full bodied red and rose

Red grape kekoporto, kekfrankos, cab sau , merlot

Siklos is better for white from olaszrizling and harslevelu

Question 10

The great Plain region

Answer 10

Csongrad PDO
Hajos-baja PDO
Kunsag PDO

Kunsag is largest region of hungary

Question 11

Northern Hungary regions

Answer 11

Tokaji hegyalja
Eger
Bukk
Matra

Question 12

Eger PDO

Answer 12

Makes red white and rose but most famous for Egri bikaver ( bulls blood of eger)

Egri bikaver is made from blend of min 3 varieties from 11 including kekfrankos, kadarka, kekoporto, cab sau , cab franc, merlot, pinot noir and Syrah

Wine labelled superior must be made from 5 varieties which 30-50% from kekfrankos

Question 13

Soil of Tokaji

Answer 13

Sub soil is volcanic rock with clay and sedimentary soil on top

Question 14

Grape variety for Tokaji

Answer 14

Furmint
Harslevelu sarga
Muskotaly
Zeta

Question 15

Tokaji Szamorodni

Answer 15

Full bodied wine made from aszu and non aszu grapes all picked together it may be dry ( szaras) or semi sweet or sweet

Question 16

Tokaji Aszu

Answer 16

Made from grapes from same vineyard as Tokaji szamorodini , grapes are attacked by botrytis cinerea and are called Aszu grapes

Question 17

Putton measure

Answer 17

20-25 kg
Or
28 ltr

Question 18

Gonc

Answer 18

It is a cask with 136 ltr

Question 19

Aszu 5 puttonyos sugar

Answer 19

120g/l

Question 20

Aszu 6 puttonyos sugar

Answer 20

150 g/l

Question 21

Aszuessencia and Natureesszencia

Answer 21

180 g/l

450g/l

Question 22

Minimum alcohol for Tokaji Aszu

Answer 22

9% abv

Question 23

Minimum agieng for Tokaji Aszu

Answer 23

Min 3 year ( 18 months in wood )

Question 24

Hungary Law

Answer 24

Minosegi Bor- AOC
Kulonleges Minosegi- above AOC
Tajbor- IGP