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Hétszőlő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos, Tokaji, Hungary 2010
Directly imported from the cellar, with perfect provenance, and in spectacular condition.
- Winemaker: Gergely Makai
- Farming: Organic
- Variety: Furmint 100%
- Terroir: Vineyard Hétszőlő & Nagyszőlő single vineyard, south-facing. Thick loess soil with volcanic subsoil. Yield 15 hl/hectare, Age of vines 20-25 year-old vines, vine density 5500-6000 vines/hectare.
- Vinification: Botrytis-affected berries picked by hand after multiple passes in the vineyards. Botrytis berries are macerated with freshly pressed Furmint wine and allowed to ferment.
- Aging: Aged 2.5 years in barrel. 140 g/l (residual sugar)
- Tasting Note: The wine is concentrated, round and full-bodied. apricot, citrus, dried cantaloupe
- Cellarable: Up to 40+ Years
Aszú
This complex golden-colored wine is what brought Tokaj its fame. Aszú is an extremely concentrated wine, high in both sugar and acidity, with more flavors than you could imagine possible in one wine. Making Aszú starts with the harvest, which only happens when the grapes have achieved botrytis (also known as ‘noble rot’). They turn into shriveled raisin-like berries with concentrated levels of sugar and aroma, and then they are selectively harvested—one at a time, by hand—multiple times. Now Aszú is measured by its residual sugar (which has to be a minimum of 120 grams per liter), so only wines that would have formerly been 5 and 6 puttonyos are allowed in this category.