Hungary

Question 1

Grapes of Tokaj?

Answer 1

Furmint and Harslevelu

Sarga muskotaly (Muscat Blanc)

Question 2

3 types of Tokaj wine, name them

Answer 2

Dry wines without Botrytis

Tokaji Szamorodni-
Can be both Dry and Sweet

Dry
is not top filled barrels making a Fino sherry effect

Sweet
No flor no fino
Modern style sweet is
Top filled , less oxidative

‘Tokaj Azsu
First producing base wine
Azsu botrytis berries are fermented together with the base wine then bottled on oak.

Tokaji Eszencia
Rare wines
juice from only Azsu grapes
low alcohol high sugar

Question 3

puttonyos scale, how does it work?

Answer 3

Number of small azsu buckets in the wine