Hungary - Brainscape

Question 1

Who owns Oremus?

Answer 1

Vega Sicilia

Question 2

Who founded the Royal Tokaji Co?

Answer 2

Hugh Johnson with investors in 1990

Question 3

When was Tokaji’s classification final legal recognition?

Answer 3

1772

Question 4

The region of Tokaji is sheltered by what mountains?

Answer 4

Carpathian Mountains

Question 5

What is Máslás?

Answer 5

Tokaji Aszú that has spent time on lees

Question 6

What is Circle of Mad?

Answer 6

A small contingent of Tokaji producers committed to elevating the stature of dry wines from the region

Question 7

What is Esszencia?

Answer 7

• A tiny fraction of syrupy, free-run juice is allowed to settle out of the Aszú must and vinified separately
• Sometimes takes decades to reach 4-6% abv
• Can have upwards of 800 g/l of RS

Question 8

What container is used to collect Aszú grapes? How much does it hold?

Answer 8

• Puttony

- ≈25kg

Question 9

What is Puttonyos?

Answer 9

• “Puttonyos” is an adjective rather than a plural form
• The puttony of Aszú past is mixed with the gönc of must
• The number of puttony determines the sweetness

Question 10

What is a gönc?

Answer 10

A Hungarian oak cask of ≈136L

Question 11

Kékfrankos is a synonym for what grape?

Answer 11

Blaufränkisch

Question 12

What grapes are authorized for Tokaji production?

Answer 12

• Main: Furmint and Harslevelű

- Secondary: Sérgamuskotály, Zéta, Kabar, Kövérszőlő

Question 13

What year does Aszú first appear in published work?

Answer 13

1571

Question 14

What does Édes and Száras indicate?

Answer 14

• Édes - sweet
• Száras - Dry
• Found on Aszú Szamorodni labels

Question 15

What is forditás?

Answer 15

Wines that are the product of refermenting wine with pressed paste of Tokaji Aszú

Question 16

What are the 2 Great First Growths of Tokaji?

Answer 16

Szarvas (Tokay)

Mézes Mály (Tarcal)

Question 17

What synonym for Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains is authorized for Tokaji?

Answer 17

Sárgamuskotály

Question 18

What is the local synonym for the Oremus grape in Tokaji?

Answer 18

Zéta

Question 19

What are the 3 major geographic zones of production in Hungary?

Answer 19

• North Hungary
• Transdanubia (Western)
• Great Plain (Southern)

Question 20

What geographical zone is Tokaji located within?

Answer 20

North Hungary

Question 21

What and where is Eger?

Answer 21

A PDO located in North Hungary famous for Egri Bikavér - “the bull’s blood of Eger”

Question 22

What does “Bikavér” indicate on a label? What are the only 2 regions allowed to use the term?

Answer 22

• A blend of at least 3 varieties, incorporating Kékfrankos, and other Hungarian and international varieties
• Eger and Szekszárd

Question 23

What is Kékoportó?

Answer 23

A Hungarian synonym for Blauer Portugieser

Question 24

What Hungarian region runs contiguous with Austria’s Burgenland?

Answer 24

Sopron

Question 25

What is “Natúresszencia”?

Answer 25

A synonym for Esszencia

Question 26

How many villages are classified for Tokaji?

Answer 26

27, including Tokaj which is the furthest south

Question 27

What is words indicate late harvest on a bottle of Tokaji?

Answer 27

Késői szüretelésű bor

Question 28

What are the rivers of Tokaji?

Answer 28

Tisza and Bodrog

Question 29

How long must Aszú 3/4/5/6 puttonyos be aged?

Answer 29

Min 3 years (including 2 years in barrel)

Question 30

What is Villány?

Answer 30

• Hungary’s hottest region, on the southern border

- Known for Bordeaux varieties, Kékfrankos, and Kékoportó (Blauer Portugieser)

Question 31

What are the classifications of Aszú Tokaji sweetness?

Answer 31

• 3 Puttonyos - min 60 g/l of RS
• 4 Puttonyos - min 90 g/l of RS
• 5 Puttonyos - min 120 g/l of RS
• 6 Puttonyos - min 150 g/l of RS
• Aszúesszencia (7-9 Puttonyos) - 180 g/l of RS
• Natúresszencia - 450 g/l of RS (formerly 250 g/l of RS)

Question 32

What is Olaszrizling?

Answer 32

A synonym for Welschriesling

Question 33

What Somló?

Answer 33

A white wine dominated region

Furmint, Juhfark, Olaszrizling

Question 34

What does Tokaji Szamorodni mean? What is it?

Answer 34

“As it comes”

• A mixture of Aszú and non-aszú grapes
• Often oxidized
• min 2 yrs in cask
• Sometimes under a film-forming yeast similar to flor
• May be sweet or dry
• Édes (sweet)
• Száras (Dry)

Question 35

What is the major grape of Sopron?

Answer 35

Kékfrankos

Question 36

What is Hungary’s largest region?

Answer 36

Kunság (Great Plains)

-Mass white wine production w/some red

Question 37

What are the 2 principal grapes of Tokaji?

Answer 37

Furmint and Harslevelű