Royal Tokaji Blue Label 5 Puttonyos Aszu 50cl

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These wines are a true labour of love, and are also some of the world’s greatest sweet wines. Matching Tokaji Aszú with food The production of Aszú wine (teardrop wine) is a meticulous process only possible in exceptional vintages andunder unique conditions which enable the development of "Botrytis cinerea" or noble rot. The ageing criteria has also changed from minimum 2 years barrel and 1 year bottle ageing to minimum 18 months barrel ageing. The Tokaj region lies within the range of mountains in Northeast Hungary. Oremus winery is located at the geographical heart of this region. For hundreds of years it has been made by adding 5 panniers (puttonyos) containing 25 kg of noble Aszúberries to a "Gönc" barrel (136 litres) of base must.

In Tokaj the harvest is a long, labor-intensive process that begins at the end of August and usually ends in November (though harvesting aszú berries into January isn’t unheard of). There are essentially three types of harvests in Tokaj: the dry wine harvests, the aszú harvest, and the szamorodni harvest. The wine called Eszencia is a wine made entirely of Aszú berries. The grape must for Eszencia is so sweet, it’s practically syrup, making it very difficult for yeast to ferment sugar into alcohol. Eszencia is now a segment of wine on its own (no more Tokaji Aszú Eszencia), with a minimum sweetness level of 450 grams/liter (this is, btw, 4 times as much as a can of coke!).The production of Aszú wine (teardrop wine) is a meticulous process only possible in exceptional vintages and under unique conditions which enable the development of "Botrytis Cinérea" or noble rot. Aszú berries are macerated for two days until swollen, followed by a gentle press. Fermentation takes place innew Hungarian oak barrels; a slow process which can last up to two months. Tokaj aszú has always had a fan club that has included royalty, artists, and popes. The wine made its way to the capitals and palaces of Europe long before there were advertising campaigns and marketing slogans to spread the word. Tokaj’s most glorious period was between the 17thand 19thcenturies, when the region’s wines were drunk by royalty and celebrities around the world. The wine was treated as a symbol of Hungary and was often used as a diplomatic tool. In Bordeaux, the weather along the Garonne River is dank enough to produce the same noble rot essential to the wines of Sauternes. In Germany, the Mosel River provides the same conditions that affect Riesling grapes that are now part of the classification of German Riesling. Lay the vanilla pod on a board and slice lengthways through the middle with a sharp knife to split it in two. Use the tip of the knife to scrape out all the tiny seeds into the cream mixture.

The number of “puttony”-s indicates: the amount of Aszu pulp (1 puttony: 20-22 kg) that is soaked in one Gönc barrels (136-140 l) must. Royal Tokaji was founded in 1990 by a small group of investors, including Hugh Johnson, together with 62 small local growers. Hugh was inspired to help revive one of the world's truly original and great white wines by his research into the region for his World Atlas of Wine and by tasting a sample of Aszu produced in tiny amounts by a small producer for family and local consumption. The growers provided the grapes and Royal Tokaji would make and market the wine, building a new winery and taking the wine into world markets. Thus it became the first foreign company ever to invest in the region and was the catalyst for the renaissance of post-communist Tokaji, reviving the forgotten wine of Europe and restoring the fine style and quality that historically had earned Tokaji the reputation of the most desirable white wine in the world. Considerable further investment followed, particulary from French insurance companies, as the Hungarian government privatised the wine industry in search of much-needed funds. The Tokaj legend has grown and grown in its four-hundred years of history, but it was not until 1630, when the greatness of Oremus vineyard was first spoken of. Today, it is the one with greatest universal acclaim. Tokaj has taken on increasingly legendary status throughout its four-hundred years of history. However, the firstmention of the greatness of Oremus vineyard was only in 1630; today it is universally acclaimed.Ageing process is completed in 136 and 200-litre barrels for two to three years and bottled for an additional year. Even those the wines taste incredibly lean, and they’re often aged in neutral oak (in the local Hungarian oak!). Oaking this way adds a subtle body and texture to the lean, mineral profile of the wines. Last Word Vintage 2000 is perhaps the most memorable vintage in Oremus. Long and incredibly round; it's a perfectexample of a 5 puttonyos Tokaj Aszú. The Tokaj region, Tokaj-Hegyalja lies within the range of mountains in north-east Hungary. The village of Tolcsva and the Oremus winery are located at the geographical heart of said region. The Tokaj region lies within the range of mountains in Northeast Hungary. Oremus winery is located at thegeographical heart of this region.

in a protected wine press, waiting for the fermentation to stop by itself. We then add a little Eszencia, which has been collected drop by drop Production of Aszú wine (teardrop wine) is a meticulous process only possible in good vintages facilitating development of "Botrytis Cinerea" (noble rot). conditions for the process for noble berries to from. The berries swollen due to the humidity split and the "Botrytis cinérea" establishes in its The production of Aszú wine (teardrop wine) is a meticulous process only possible in exceptional vintages and under particular conditions which promote the development of "Botrytis Cinérea" (noble rot).Puttonyos is a unit for the level of sugar in Hungarian Tokaji (or tokay) and Slovak Tokaj dessert wine. It is traditionally measured by the number of hods of sweet botrytised or nobly rotted grapes (known as Aszú) added to a barrel of wine, but is now measured in grams of residual sugar. [1] The puttony was actually the 25kg basket or hod of Aszú grapes, and the more added to the barrel of wine, the sweeter the eventual wine. [1] Measurement ranges from 3 to 6 Puttonyos. A Tokaji made entirely from Aszú grapes is not labeled using the Puttonyos system but is known as Eszencia. [1] Szent Tamás Winery Aszú 2009 Residual sugar levels (grams per litre) [ edit ] The Romans cultivated vines in Pannonia from the second century AD and despite a period of Ottoman Muslim rule in parts of Hungary during the 16th and 17th centuries and the dead hand of state control in the second half of the 20th Hungary has adapted well to the demands of a modern free market, and particularly an export driven one. Since the fall of communism in the late 1980s the Hungarian wine industry has garnered foreign and local investment and adopted modern technological and viticultural practises to improve the quality of the wines. Using a big spoon, scoop off all the pale foam that is sitting on the top of the liquid (this will be several spoonfuls) and discard. 12. Give the mixture a stir.