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Tokaj Flashcards

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1
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What are the 2 main rivers with many tributaries in Tokaj?

A
  • River Bodrog

- River Tisza

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What are the 3 principal varieties of Tokaj, which are often blended?

A
  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelú
  • Sárga Muskotály
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3
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What effect does part-filling casks have on the sweet style of Szamorodni?

A

It will not develop flor, but may have an oxidative character

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4
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What are the 5 steps of Tokaji Aszú production?

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1) Base wine made from healthy grapes
2) Aszú berries are macerated in the base wine before, during or after maceration
3) Maceration lasts for 12-60 hours
4) The mixture is pressed
5) The wine is matured in oak

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5
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What is the modern trend for sweet Szamorodni production?

A

To completely fill casks, avoiding too much oxidation

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6
Q

Which aromatic Tokaj variety of the Hungarian version of Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains?

A

Sárga Muskotaly

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7
Q

Which Tokaj style:

  • Young, simple, unoaked
  • Mature and concentrated
  • Often fermented and matured in new oak
A

Dry, without botrytis

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8
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How would Tokaji be labelled if the grapes had spent extended time on the vine? (Modern style)

A

Late harvest

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9
Q

What is the unit used to express the level of sweetness of Tokaji?

A

The puttony (basket)

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10
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What is the significance of the number of puttonyos?

A

It is the number of baskets of aszú grapes used to make a given wine

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11
Q

What is Tokaj’s climate?

A

Moderate continental

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12
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Where are Tokaj’s best vineyard sites?

A

Hillside slopes with southerly aspects

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13
Q

What, for Szamorodni, are:

1) Minimum ageing requirements
2) Release age

A

1) 1 year

2) 2 years

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14
Q

What size bottle in Tokaj for:

1) Dry wines
2) Sweet wines

A

1) 75cl bottles

2) 50cl bottles

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15
Q

Under traditional law, how much residual sugar is required for Tokaji Aszú Eszencia?

A

Minimum 180g/l

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16
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How many puttonyos are on the traditional scale?

A

3-6 puttonyos

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17
Q

For how long can Tokaji Eszencia nature and retain its freshness?

A

100 years or more

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18
Q

What determines the final sweetness of Tokaji Aszú?

A

The amount of aszú berries used in maceration

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19
Q

What do Tokaj’s rivers generate?

A

Early morning humidity and fog

20
Q

Why are Tokaj’s dry wines increasingly important?

A

They allow producers to still produce wine in years with scarce noble rot

21
Q

When were proposed new regulations introduced in Tokaj, to which some producers have been working?

A

2013 vintage

22
Q

Why is Tokaji harvesting so labour-intensive?

A

The pickers must pass through the vineyard several times, either to wait for better noble rot development, or to select grapes at different stages of ripeness or rot development.

23
Q

From what is Tokaji Eszencia made?

A

The free-run juice of aszú berries

24
Q

What do traditional Tokaji laws dictate for:

1) Minimum ageing requirements
2) When a vintage can be released

A

1) 24 months in oak

2) From the January in the 4th year after the harvest

25
Q

In the modern style of late harvest Tokaji, how are botrytised grapes integrated with the wine?

A

They are fermented, not macerated

26
Q

Which Tokaj wine:

  • Deep amber
  • High acidity
  • Orange peel, apricots and honey
A

Classic Tokaji Aszú

27
Q

Why does dry Tokaji Szamorodni have a similar characteristic to Fino Sherry?

A

The casks are part-filled, allowing flor-like yeast to develop

28
Q

What is the principal variety for sweet aszú wines?

A

Furmint

29
Q

What does ‘Szamorodni’ mean?

A

‘As it comes’

30
Q

What does ‘aszú’ translate as?

A

Rotten

31
Q

What do the 2013 laws dictate for:

1) Minimum ageing requirements
2) When the vintage can be released

A

1) 18 months in oak

2) From the January in the 3rd year after the harvest

32
Q

How much residual sugar is in 5 puttonyos?

A

120g/l

33
Q

Why does it take Eszencia years to ferment?

What is its usual ABV even after years of fermentation?

A

Because the must is so sweet and the yeast struggles to ferment

5% ABV or less

34
Q

Tokaj is located in the foothills of which mountains?

A

The Carpathian Mountains

35
Q

Which country does Tokaj border?

A

Slovakia

36
Q

Which Tokaj variety?

  • Concentrated
  • High acidity
  • Young: apples
  • Mature: nuts and honey
  • Dry or sweet wines
  • Late ripening
A

Furmint

37
Q

What are the 3 categories of grape during a Tokaji harvest?

A

1) Aszú: the rotten grapes in which noble rot is well developed
2) Bunches unaffected by noble rot
3) Szamorodni: partially affected bunches

38
Q

Which Tokaji labelling term was abolished in 2013?

A

Aszú Eszencia

39
Q
  • What is the minimum level of residual sugar for Eszencia?

- What are its acidity levels?

A
  • 450g/l

- Very high

40
Q

Why are aszú berries no longer crushed into a paste for maceration?

A

It extracts bitter flavours

41
Q

Szamorodni wines will always show characteristics of ___________ due to the nature of the harvest.

A

Botrytis

42
Q

What is the translation of:

1) Száraz
2) Édes

Which wine style do the terms relate to?

A

1) Dry
2) Sweet
- Szamorodni

43
Q

Which Tokaj variety:

  • Late ripening
  • Perfumed
A

Hárslevelú

44
Q

A number of different styles of Tokaji may be made each vintage. What determines them?

A

The degree of noble rot development

45
Q

Under 2013 laws, what must Tokaji aszú with residual sugar under 120g/l be labelled as?

(2 options)

A

1) Late Harvest

Or

2) Tokaji Szamorodni

46
Q

What is the minimum residual sugar for Tokaji under:

1) Traditional laws
2) 2013 laws

A

1) 60g/l

2) 120g/l

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