Alcohol content: |
12.0% by Vol |
Sugar free extract: |
63.6 g/L |
Residual sugar: |
161 g/L |
Acidity: |
9.6 g/L |
Sulfur (SO2): |
280 mg/L |
Bottle size: |
250 mL |
Calories: |
131 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: |
Complex, vivid structure due to the high acidity, fresh apricot, dried orange-lemon flavors. Excellent with fresh fruit tarts or foie gras. |
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”; the commencement of primary fermentation takes place in 600-L used oak barrels. After the hand-picked botrytis berries are macerated in the base wine, then secondary fermention takes place, which lasts two years. |
Storage: |
Constant temperature of 12.8°C and 80% humidity, in used 136-L oak Tokaj casks. Afterwards nine months resting time in oak casks; purification with bentonite and finally, completion with filtering and bottling in October 2005 |
Lifespan: |
Drink before 2030 |
Closure: |
Natural cork with red wax seal |
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