The Château Pajzos of Tokaj

Château Pajzos
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj

The Château Pajzos is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Pajzos wines

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

The top sweet wines of Château Pajzos

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Pajzos

How Château Pajzos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon steak on a bed of leeks or real chocolate cake.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Pajzos

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Pajzos. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, dried apricot or dried fig and sometimes also flavors of stone fruit, orange or melon.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Pajzos

  • 2005With an average score of 4.55/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.52/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.38/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Pajzos.

  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű
  • Yellow Muscat
  • Muscat Blanc

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 Château Pajzos

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Pajzos

How Château Pajzos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of pancakes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Pajzos

On the nose the white wine of Château Pajzos. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, vanilla or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, pineapple or cream.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Pajzos

  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Pajzos.

  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű
  • Moscato

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 Château Pajzos

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 Château Pajzos.

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

News about Château Pajzos and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Structure

Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.