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Royal Tokaji Wine Co

Mád

Tokaji Aszu was the world's first great sweet wine. In 1700 Prince Rakoczi of Transylvania classified the best vineyards into 1st, 2nd or 3rd Growth, however quality production ended with Soviet pressure to increase yields to produce commercial wines for export within the Iron Curtain and as a result of this vineyard distinctions were lost.
The renaissance of Tokaji began with The Royal Tokaji Wine Company in 1989, inspired by the renowned author, Hugh Johnson, among others. The Tokaji region lies 200kms north east of Budapest, around the town of Mád, on the same latitude as the Loire, however as the country is land-locked, the continental climate means more extreme weather conditions with long hot, humid summers and extremely cold winters.

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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