Hungary Wine Flashcards
Aging requirements for Tokaji Aszu?
It ages for three years prior to release (with a minimum 18 months in barrel)
How many vineyards are recognized as 1st growths?
74
Hungarian term for icewine?
Jegbor
Name the 2 rivers that converge to create the Tokaj region
Tisza river
Bodrog river
What are puttony?
Containers used to gather hand-picked aszu grapes
What are the names of the Great First Growths?
Szarvas
Mezes Maly
What are the requirements for Tokaji?
Aged 3 years
Minimum 18 months in barrel
Minimum 120 g/l
Minimum alcohol of 9%
What determines the final sweetness of Tokaji wine?
The number of puttony added to a gonc
What grape varietals are used for Tokai?
Furmint
Harslevelu
Sargamuskotaly (Muscat Blanc a Petite Grains)
Zeta (Oremus)
Kabar
Koverszolo
What is édes?
sweet
What is Esszencia?
A tiny fraction of syrupy free run juice that’s allowed to settle out of the aszu must
What is Fordítás?
(meaning “turning over” in Hungarian), wine made by pouring must on aszú dough which has already been used to make aszú wine.
What is Máslás?
(derived from the word “copy” in Hungarian), wine made by pouring must on the lees of aszú.
What is Szamorodni?
The word is an adjective and means “self-grown”, “the way it was grown”, or “made by itself”). What sets Szamorodni apart from ordinary wines is that it is made from bunches of grapes which contain a high proportion of botrytised grapes
What is száraz?
dry
