Tokaj Classic Winery Ltd., Hungary

2005

Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos

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Alcohol content: 10.0% by Vol
Sugar free extract: 58.7 g/L
Residual sugar: 197 g/L
Acidity: 9.5 g/L
Sulfur (SO2):   208 mg/L
Bottle size: 500 mL
Calories: 135 cal per 100 mL
Varieties: 60% Furmint, 30% Hárslevelű, 10% Muscat Lunel
Harvest time: From early October until end of November
Origin: Mád, Király
Character: Its racy and concentrated acidity gives a backbone to its immense sweetness. Flavors of apricot, dried tropical fruit, orange marmalade.
Soil: Weathered zeolite with crumbly pumic tuff. Volcanic reolite tuff, hard tuff mixed with yellow and red clay.
Cellar technology: Hand selected "noble rot" berries. Commencement of primary fermentation process for the base wine lasting from October 12 2005 until the end of November 2005.
Storage: Constant temperature of 12.8°C and 80% humidity, in small 135 litre oak Tokaj cask. Secondary fermentation: two years; followed by nine months resting time in casks; purification with bentonite and completion by bottling in December 2008.
Lifespan: Unlimited storage
Closure: Natural cork with red wax seal
Comments: Wine Spectator 2013: 94 Points