TOKAJ

Question 1

Climate?

Answer 1

Moderate

Question 2

Best vineyards?

Answer 2

Hillside slopes with south aspects

Question 3

3 principal grapes used for making Tokaji?

Answer 3

Furmint
Harslevelu
Sarga Muskotaly

Question 4

Furmint characteristics?

Answer 4

-Most widely planted variety
-Late ripening, susceptible to botrytis
-Principal grape for sweet Aszu wines
-Makes concentrated, high acid whites, with flavors of apples when young, nuts and honey with age

Question 5

Harselevelu characteristics?

Answer 5

-Late ripening
-Contributes perfume

Question 6

Sarga Muskotaly characteristics?

Answer 6

-AKA Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains
-Aromatic qualities

Question 7

What are dry and sweet wines bottled in?

Answer 7

Dry 75 cl bottles

Sweet 50 cl distinctive bottles

Question 8

What does szamorodni mean?

Answer 8

As it comes
Bunches that are partially effected by noble rot

Question 9

What does aszu mean?

Answer 9

Rotten

Question 10

Dry wines without botrytis usually made with?

Answer 10

Furmint

Question 11

What is Tokaji Szamorodni?

Answer 11

-Made from grapes harvested as Szamorodni and may be dry (Szaraz) or sweet (edes) depending on the amount of noble rot that is present
-Must be aged in cask for min 6 months
-Only be released from the winery from the January in the 2nd year after harvest
-Casks for dry wines not completely filled to enable flor like yeast–Develops character similar to Fino Sherry
-Yeast no role in sweet styles–Filling casks all the way

Question 12

What is Tokaji Aszu?

Answer 12

-Base wine made from healthy grapes
-Before, during, or after fermentation, aszu berries are macerated in the base wine (12-60 hours)
-Uncrushed aszu berries
-Mixture pressed, then wine is matured for a period of time in oak
-Amount of Aszu berries used determines sweetness of final wine

Question 13

Classic Tokaji characteristics?

Answer 13

Deep amber color, high acid, intense aromas and flavors of orange peel, apricot, honey

Question 14

What is Tokaji Eszencia (Essence or Nectar)?

Answer 14

-Eszencia is made using just the free run juice from Aszu berries (must so sweet can take years to ferment)
-Usually less than 5%abv
-Legal min level of RS is 450g/l, balanced by high acid

Question 15

Wines labelled as late harvest?

Answer 15

-Made from grapes that have spent extended time on the vine
-Some use botrytis infected fruit (where noble rot is present, these wines are produced by fermenting the botrytized grapes (like Sauternes and TBA) rather then by the macerating process used for Tokaji Aszu