Alcohol content: |
10.8% by Vol |
Sugar free extract: |
49.1 g/L |
Residual sugar: |
180 g/L |
Acidity: |
11.8 g/L |
Sulfur (SO2): |
299 mg/L |
Bottle size: |
500 mL |
Calories: |
132 cal per 100 mL |
Varieties: |
65% Furmint, 30% Hárslevelű, 5% Muscat Lunel |
Harvest time: |
End of November |
Origin: |
Mád, Király and Betsek |
Character: |
Perhaps the best vintage since the legendary 1972. Its racy and concentrated acidity provides the backbone for its immense sweetness. Aromas of apricots and dried tropical fruits, orange marmalade. |
Soil: |
Clay topsoil, with volcanic, high lime, iron subsoil containing rhiolite, trachyte, andesite and zeolite substances. Moisture is present in tufa rocks. Added soil compounds laid down through ancient fumaroles, lend a powerfully rich, complex minerality to the wine. |
Cellar technology: |
Furmint, Hárslevelű and Muscatel are used as base wine. First fermentation in used oak barrels from December 15th to the end of February. After the hand-picked Bortritis grapes have been leached in the base wine, the 3-year second fermentation begins. |
Storage: |
After fermentation, it is stored for 9 months at a constant temperature of 12.8°C and 80% humidity in new and used 226-liter Tokaji oak barrels, followed by clarification and bottling in October 2004. |
Lifespan: |
Drink before 2050 |
Closure: |
Natural cork with red wax seal |
Comments: |
Wine Advocate 2013: 93 points; IWSC England Gold 2005, Wine Spectator: 94 points |