Tokaj Flashcards
What is Tokaj’s climate?
Moderate.
What are the three principal grape varieties in making Tokaj?
- Furmint
- Harslevelu
- Sarga Muskolaty
What kind of dry wine does furmint produce?
Concentrated high acid white wines when young having flavours of apple and developing into nuts and honey when they develop. This is a late ripening varietal that is suseptible to botrytsis.
What does Harslevelu bring to Aszu?
It contributes perfume/
What does Sarga Muskolaty bring to Aszu?
Aromatic qualities.
What size bottles are dry white wines from Tokaj sold in?
70cl
What size bottles are aszu kept in?
50cl
What is szamorodni?
A process of selecting grapes that have been half infected with botrytis. This process means “as it comes”.
Describe the style of tokaj szamorondi.
- Wines must be aged in casks for 6 months
- Casks from dry wines are not completely filled and enable a flor-like yeast to develop.
- can develop characteristics like sherry
What are the three basic steps to make Aszu?
- A base wine is made with ‘healthy’ grapes.
- Before, during or after fermentation the Aszu berries are macerated in the base wine between 12-60 hours.
- The mixture is then pressed and then matured for a period of time in oak.
Describe a class Tokaj Aszu.
Deep amber colour, high acidity and intense aromas and flavours of orange peel, apricot and honey.
What sweetness scale is Tokaj Aszu
Puttanyos
What is a puttony?
A picker basket.
How long must Tokaj Aszu be matured for?
A minimum of 18 months in oak.
If a wine is labeled 6 puttanyos how much residual sugar does it have?
150 g/l
