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1522 legend
Bulls blood of Eger
Important regions of Hungary
Tokaj
Eger
Hungary red grape varieties
Kadarka Kekfrankos (blaufrankisch) Cab franc Cab sav Kekoporto Merlot
Style of wine tokaji
Bot dessert wine
Dry but sweetened with a paste made from bot grapes
Aszu
bot grapes for tokaji
Grape varieties tokaji
Furmint
Harslevelu
Muskatoly (Muscat Ottonel)
Oremus/zeta
Goncs
Barrels that keep fermenting or finished dry wine at 14.5 alcohol
136 liters
Eszencia
Free run juice from bot grapes used for tokaji
Rarely used as a wine but used as a blending component
Puttonyos
30 liters buckets
Keep remaining pulp paste from Eszencia
Number of Puttonyos determines the quality level of the tokaji
3 Puttonyos
Medium sweet
6 Puttonyos
Very sweet
Aszu Eszencia
7-9 Puttonyos
True Eszencia or naturesszencia
Rarely made and may take 10 or more years to ferment to 2-5% alcohol
Tokaji szamorodni
As it comes
Wine with Aszu and non Aszu wine which may be sweet or dry in style
Edes
Sweet