The Winery Balassa of Tokaj

Winery Balassa
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 82 of the estates of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj

The Winery Balassa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Balassa wines

Looking for the best Winery Balassa wines in Tokaj among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Balassa 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 Balassa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Balassa

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Balassa

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

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Balassa

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Balassa. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Balassa

  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5

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

  • Zéta
  • Furmint

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 Balassa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Balassa

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

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Balassa

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Balassa

  • 2011With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű
  • Zéta

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 Balassa

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 Balassa.

Discover the grape variety: Lakemont

Interspecific cross between ontario (winchell x diamond) and sultana made in 1972 by John Einset (1915/1981) at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station (United States). It is certainly known in the United States but also in Canada, in many European wine-producing countries including Germany and England where it is cultivated under greenhouses and tunnels, most often cold, ... little multiplied and therefore little known in France except by amateur gardeners. The interlaken which looks a little like the himrod, the himrod and the romulus have the same parents.

News about Winery Balassa and wines from the region

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp ...

Chablis: #locationmatters by Yang LU

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this first 90-second clip, Yang LU explains how location is the key to understanding “Why Chablis is special”. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Tanin

A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.