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A Tokaji wine cellar; 185 cellars were counted in the town of Tokaj in 1967. A Aszú 3 Puttonyos Tokaji. Six grape varieties are officially approved for Tokaji wine production: Furmint; Hárslevelű; Yellow Muscat (Hungarian: Sárgamuskotály) Zéta (previously called Oremus – a cross of Furmint and Bouvier grapes) Kövérszőlő
Tokaj is particularly famous as the origin of Tokaji aszú wine, the world's oldest botrytized wine. Because of its testimony to a long and unique tradition of viticulture and its cultural importance as a wine-making region, Tokaj was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002 under the name Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape. [1]
Furmint wines, particularly the botrytized dessert wines, can have immense aging potential with some well made examples from favorable vintages continuing to age for over a century. These wines, described by wine expert Oz Clarke as nearly "immortal", are most often the aszú style wines of Tokaji made from the top 10-15% of Furmint harvested. [1]
Tokaji aszú is mentioned in a document of 1571, and it was famously christened by Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) "Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum" – Wine of Kings, King of Wines. After the Ottoman Empire ceded Hungary to the Austrians in 1699, the Germanic influence was felt with the introduction of grape varieties such as Blauer Portugieser.
Tokaj wine region (Slovak: Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj [3]) is a wine-growing region located in south-eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary.The two vine-growing areas were once part of the greater Tokaj wine region (also Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region or Tokaj-Hegyalja) of the Kingdom of Hungary.
A bottle of Tokaji Aszu. Tokaj wine region is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is one of the seven larger wine regions of Hungary (Hungarian: Tokaji borrégió). Hegyalja means "foothills" in Hungarian, and this was the original name of the region.
The grape is also planted in the Slovakian wine region of Tokaj where it is used to produce similar wines. Vinified as a pure varietal dry wine, Hárslevelű is capable of yielding a dense, full-bodied, green-gold wine with an intense aroma of spice, pollen and elderflowers. Hárslevelű is also planted in South Africa.
Tokaj wine region; T. Tokaji This page was last edited on 2 November 2018, at 08:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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