Winery:  Chateau Dereszla                              

Region:Tokaj-Hegyalja, Hungary

Vintage: 2019                                            

Bottle: 50cl                                                

Grape Varieties:  70% Furmint and 30% Hárslevelü

Type:  Sweet wine

Alcohol Content: 11%

Serving Temperature:  9º - 11º

Vinification: It is a blend of 5 puttonyos of Aszù grapes with 136 lt. of basic wine. The Aszù grapes macerate with fermenting must for 14 hrs, second fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks. Ageing 2 years in oak barrels and 1 year in bottle.

Tokaji is a sweet wine made from grapes affected by noble rot, a style of wine which has a long tradition in this region and it is the most famous Hungarian wine. Tokaji was the first wine knowingly to be made from botrytized or nobly rotten grapes, before Rhine wine, and perhaps two centuries before Sauternes.  It owes its quality and character to semi-dried, extremely rich grapes; the late-ripening, sharp-tasting, thin-skinned “Furmint” and “Hárslevelü”, less susceptible but rich in sugar and aromas. These selected botrytized grapes which concentrate the sweetness in the grape are called Aszú and are put into a wooden hod called Putton for 6/8 days, a highly concentrated juice collects at the bottom of the containers, this juice is pure Essencia, made for sweetening purposes. Each Putton, holds 25 kg. of Aszú grapes. Then, its content of sugar depends on the number of puttonyos of grapes added to the dry wine.

Tasting Notes:  Complex aromas of raisin, dried apricot, toasted fruit notes, honey and quince. Layers of spice, lemon compote, floral aromas with firm acidity and a beautiful lingering fresh finish.

Notes:  To drink during the next 4 – 5 years.  It will pair beautifully with foie, cheeses, fruit based dessert and chocolate, also ideal as an after-meal wine.