Tokaj Flashcards
When did Tokaj adopt the PDO/PGI system? What do these stipulate?
In 2004, when Hungary joined the EU. Tolaji PDO is further broken down into more specific categories of village and estate wines, and certain vineyards can be designated on the label.
From 2013, PDO wines must be bottled in the region.
What is a key PGI in Tokaj?
Zempléni. Used for wines from other grapes, especially international varieties, and for inexpensive wines produced at higher yields than what is permitted by the PDO.
What is the current area under vine in the PDO, what trend is this going in?
5,747 in Tokaji PDO.
This figure is increasing as new, higher vineyards are being planted to produce high-quality dry wines.
Barely half of the potential vineyard area has been planted.
How is vineyard land and production divided?
The average size of holdings is small, between 1 and 2 ha, and many growers have contracts with larger producers to provide grapes, especially Aszú berries.
Eg, the state-owned Grand Tokaj sources grapes from over 2000 growers, and produces around 35% of the regions wines.
What has average production been in the last 5 years? How much does Aszú and dry styles make up?
170,000hL, although there has been some vintage variation.
Aszú 10%, dry 21%.
A significant amount of the remainder is inexpensive, non-botrytised wine (often semi sweet, achieved by stopping fermentation early) destined for the home market and other Eastern European countries.
What is the state of export markets from Tokaj?
Only relatively small amounts are exported outside of Eastern Europe.
China, France, the UK and USA are the biggest markets.
Overall, exports account for 40% of production.
