Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 500ml 2016

Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos is a botrytised Furmint picked in six passes through the vineyard.

Tokaj sits in north-eastern Hungary, where autumn mists off the Bodrog and Tisza rivers reliably bring noble rot and growers pick the shrivelled aszú berries individually. At Disznókő the harvest for this wine ran in six passes from mid-September to late November. The aszú berries, all Furmint, were gently crushed and then macerated in a base wine and must of Furmint and Hárslevelű, the traditional method by which the sugar and botrytis character are drawn into the finished wine. After a long pressing, fermentation continued in stainless steel until mid-December, and the wine was then aged for two years in 225-litre oak barrels, seventeen per cent of them new Hungarian oak. It was bottled at 177 grams per litre of residual sugar, which places it in the six puttonyos band, with the acidity that keeps a wine of this concentration light on its feet.

Ready now and capable of decades in bottle, it suits foie gras, blue cheese or a citrus tart. Serve at 8-10°C in a small glass.

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