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Despite having a two thousand year history, Hungarian wines are still relatively unknown within the UK market place, especially so, if you choose to venture beyond the cheap and cheerful end of the wine market which has graced the supermarket shelves for the past generation! The main reason for this was the years of communist rule the Hungarian wine producers suffered however since the fall of the Eastern block the wine industry has been able to invest heavily and keep up with modern Western methods. With the history of wine-making heritage, climate, topography, established vineyards etc, foreign investment has been easy to attract and with a fascinating mix of indigenous grape varieties such as; Furmint, Harslevelu, Irsay Oliver, Kékfrankos and Kadarka, along with the more commercial styles of Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot and Pinot Noir, Hungary has at last been able to establish its own style of quality wines on to the world stage.

Royal Tokaji Wine Company Blue Label 5 Puttonyos 1999 – 25cl

Bin No. TOKAJIBLUE

Price: £9.50

One vine yields approximately one glass of wine! Aszu grapes are individually picked from bunches into 20 litre wooden tubs called puttony. The Aszu grapes are crushed, releasing their intensely sweet juice. The non-Aszu grapes added per barrel of base wine gives the final puttony level of the wine, as printed on the label. Fermentation takes place in used 140 litre Gonci barrels made from Hungarian oak, in cellars extending for over 2kms where ..

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