The Winery Árvay of Tokaj

Winery Árvay
The winery offers 45 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 98 of the estates of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj

The Winery Árvay is one of the world's great estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Árvay wines

Looking for the best Winery Árvay wines in Tokaj among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Árvay wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Árvay wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Árvay

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Árvay

How Winery Árvay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Árvay

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Árvay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or non oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Árvay

  • 1999With an average score of 4.62/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.51/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Árvay.

  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű

Discovering the wine region of Tokaj

Tokaj (formerly Tokaj-Hegyalja) has Long been Hungary's most famous and respected wine region, thanks mostly to its nectar-like, botrytized Tokaji dessert wines. The region and its wine are held in such esteem in Hungary that the national anthem thanks God for it: Tokaj szolovesszein nektárt csepegtettél - into the vineyards of Tokaj you dripped Sweet nectar The region is located in the northeast of Hungary, near the border with Slovakia. Comprising roughly 30 small towns and villages, it measures 40 kilometers (25 miles) from southwest to northeast, making it roughly the same Size as Burgundy's Côte d'Or. At its very southern edge is the town of Tokaj from which the region and its wines ultimate take their name.

The main centers of Tokaji wine production are the towns of Mad, Tarcal and Tokaj itself. Tokaj's Climate is relatively Warm. The winegrowing area is protected by the vast crescent-shaped mountain range (the Carpathians) which dominates neighboring Slovakia and Romania. The region's soils are a patchwork of various types.

Volcanic clays are to be found in the higher sites on the many hillsides here, and on lower-lying sites layers of loess and other sedimentary soils cover the bedrock. Closer to the banks of the Bodrog, the river which flows along the region's eastern edge, sandier soils prevail, particularly around Tokaj town. The Grape varieties used to make Tokaji wines are Furmint, Harslevelu and Sárga Muskotály (Muscat Blanc), in that order of importance. Furmint, which dominates the Tokaji blend, is renowned for its naturally high Acidity, high sugar levels and spicy aromatic profile.

The top white wines of Winery Árvay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Árvay

How Winery Árvay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of fresh tuna with sesame seeds, chinese fried shrimp ravioli or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Árvay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Árvay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Árvay

  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Árvay.

  • Furmint
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Hárslevelű

Discover the grape variety: Furmint

Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Árvay

Planning a wine route in the of Tokaj? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Árvay.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Árvay and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Flow

Action consisting of draining the wine from a vat of red wine (free-run wine), the marc then being pressed to obtain the press wine.