Tokaji

Question 1

Soil in tokaj

Answer 1

Volcanic - powerful wine

Sandy silt - lighter wines

Question 2

Yields for tokaji

Answer 2

Vv low 2-3 for aszu with 30-40 for dry wines

Question 3

Vineyard mgmt tokaji

Answer 3

Trellis vsp, replacement cane or cordon
Low density planting (4-5k)
Canopy mgmt- air circulation to reduce mildew, grey rot
Birds & boar pests

Question 4

Climate of tokaj

Answer 4

Moderate continental 
Mountains shelter from cold winds
Altitude- lowers frost damage
S facing slopes - sunlight hours
Ideal botrytis conditions
Autumn warm & dry

Question 5

What are the 3 main grapes in tokaji

Answer 5

Fermint
Harslevelu
Muscat blanc a petit grains

Question 6

Style of furmint

Answer 6

Dry to sweet
F body
M to h abv (better viticulture riper fruits, lower sugar)
Pear apple
Honey & nuts with age
Botrytis marmalade 
Oak foudre age worthy wines

Question 7

NTH Aroma harslevelu grape tokaji

Answer 7

Peach blossom perfume

Question 8

Aromas muscat blanc a petit grain

Answer 8

Grapey

Question 9

What are aszu berries

Answer 9

Botrytis grapes, shrivelled on the vine

Question 10

Why ate aszu grapes macerated in must

Answer 10

Cant be pressed as sugar concentration v high

Question 11

Characteristics furmint grape

Answer 11

Late ripening 
Susceptible botrytis 
H acidity
Thick skinned 
Accumulates high sugar levels

Question 12

What is the minimum residual sugar for tokaji aszu

Answer 12

5 puttonyas

Or 120g/l

Question 13

What is tokaji less than 5 puttonyos labelled as

Answer 13

Late harvest

Szamorodni

Question 14

Tokaji szanorodni requirements

Answer 14

Bunches partially affected by noble rot
Dry to sweet depending on rot levels (usually sweet)
Aged 6m in oak
Sugar as per late harvest

Question 15

Late harvest tokaji

Answer 15

Lower % of botrytis grapes
Sugar legal min 45g/l (usually double)
Little/no oak
Ready to release earlier - 12-18m after harvest

Question 16

What is dry szamorodni

Answer 16

Aged under flor upto 10 years

Nutty green apple notes

Question 17

How is tokaji aszu wine made

Answer 17

Aszu grapes mashed into a paste
Base wine made with some botrytis grapes
Before/during/after fermentation aszu paste macerated in base wine 12-60 hours
Fermented till sugar levels required
Usually stop fermentation - so2, chill, rack
Drained & pressed
Matured oak 18ms variety old, new, larger barrels

Question 18

Maceration methods give diff styles what are they from light to heavy

Answer 18

Maceration must - lightest style

During fermentation- most extractive & complex but needs to be ripe

Question 19

Style of tokaji aszu

Answer 19

Sweet
Deep amber
H acidity
Intense orange peel, apricot, honey

Question 20

Tojaki eszencia how is this made and what are the requirements

Answer 20

Free run juice of aszu berries 
So sweet can take years to ferment 
Abv low (<5%)
Min residual sugar 450g/l
Lasts centuries 
Vv expensive

Question 21

Tokaji dry white viticulture

Answer 21

Higher vineyards

Windy sites to prevent rot mopen canopies

Question 22

Tokaji dry white winemaking

Answer 22

Stainless steel

Lower intervention style

Question 23

Tokaji pdo requirements

Answer 23

Bottled region

Question 24

Mkt tokaji

Answer 24

Donestic 60%
Eastern europe (inexpensive non botrytis semi sweet wines)
China
France
Uk

Question 25

Ageing Tokaji 5 puttonyos

Answer 25

2 years of which
18 ms in oak
Then 1year in bottle before release