What type of wine is Tokaji Aszu?

Tokaji Aszú, a full-bodied sweet dessert wine made from late-ripened grapes affected by Botrytis cinerea, a mold that concentrates grape sugars and flavours into honeylike sweetness. The grapes are from the Hungarian Furmint or Hárslevelű vines, which are grown in the Tokaj wine region in northeastern Hungary.

How do you drink Tokaji Aszu?

Serve slightly chilled at 12 – 15 c in white wine or large port glasses. Enjoy with foie gras and asian fusions, with dry and blue cheeses or with fruit and chocolate desserts. Enjoy instead of a dessert. Dry Furmint: Delicious as an aperitif, with seafood or white meats.

How do you store Tokaji Aszu?

Tokaji Aszú, if it has been made in the traditional, oxidative style, can be stored in a tightly sealed bottle in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks after opening without any loss in quality. High quality Aszú and Aszú Eszencia, as well as pure Essencia, will make it even a couple of months.

How much is a bottle of Essencia wine?

Royal Tokaji’s largest private customer for its other vintages of Essencia is based in Shanghai, and the first bottle of the $40,000 new release bottle has already shipped to Beijing.

What does 5 Puttonyos mean?

Puttonyos is a unit for the level of sugar in Hungarian Tokaji (or tokay) and Slovak Tokaj dessert wine. It is traditionally measured by the number of hods of sweet botrytised or nobly rotted grapes (known as Aszú) added to a barrel of wine, but is now measured in grams of residual sugar.

What is the best Tokaji wine?

Best Tokaj Wine

What does Royal Tokaji taste like?

The flavours are of dried fruit, golden sultanas or apricots, with citrussy notes that can range from grapefruit to mellow orange-peel, and there are often flowery aromas as well. Best of all, the vineyards produce dramatically different results, as you would expect in any area where terroir really means something.

Does Tokaji go bad?

The dessert wine Tokaji, or “wine of Tokaj,” has a reputation for lasting a long time. These days, winemakers are more likely to top off and control oxidation, but between the trace oxidation and high sugar content, these wines age very slowly.

How long does Tokaji last after opening?

You’ll find Tokaji wines in the traditional 500 ml bottle, which is in between a half bottle (375 ml) and a full bottle (750 ml). Because of the high sugar content, once you open a bottle, the wine will keep for at least a week, so you can enjoy it slowly over time.

What is the most expensive sweet wine?

Stuart Pigott explains the success of Mosel wine producer Egon Müller. “It’s not me, it’s the Scharzhofberg.” That is one of the favorite sayings of 53-year-old Egon Müller IV, of Weingut Egon Müller-Scharzhof in Wiltingen on the Saar.

Why do they call it ice wine?

That winter was harsh and some wine growers had the idea to leave grapes hanging on the vine for use as animal fodder. When it was noticed that these grapes yielded very sweet must, they were pressed and an ice wine was produced.