Alcohol content: |
10.5% by Vol |
Sugar free extract: |
54.3 g/L |
Residual sugar: |
195 g/L |
Acidity: |
11 g/L |
Sulfur (SO2): |
274 mg/L |
Bottle size: |
500 mL |
Calories: |
137 cal per 100 mL |
Varieties: |
65% Furmint, 30% Hárslevelű, 5% Muscat Lunel |
Harvest time: |
End of October and November |
Origin: |
Mád, Király and Betsek |
Character: |
Maybe the best vintage in decades, its racy and concentrated acidity gives a backbone to its emmense sweetness. Flavors of apricots, 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: |
Hand-picked noble rot berries. Commencement of primary fermentation process for the base wine lasting from October 12 2000 until the end of November 2000. |
Storage: |
Constant temperature of 12.8°C and 80% humidity, in new 136 litre oak Tokaj casks. Secondary fermentation: two years; followed by nine months resting time in casks; purification with bentonite and bottling in October 2003. |
Lifespan: |
Drink before 2050 |
Closure: |
Natural cork with red wax seal |
Comments: |
Wine Spectator: 96 points; IWSC England Gold |