The Winery Grand Tokaj of Tokaj

Winery Grand Tokaj
The winery offers 62 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 25 of the estates of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj

The Winery Grand Tokaj is one of the world's great estates. It offers 62 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Grand Tokaj wines

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

The top sweet wines of Winery Grand Tokaj

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Grand Tokaj

How Winery Grand Tokaj wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, express kiwi and chocolate tartlet or avocados with roquefort cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Grand Tokaj

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Grand Tokaj. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, floral or lychee. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Grand Tokaj. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Grand Tokaj

  • 1959With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1983With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.19/5

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

  • Furmint
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Hárslevelű
  • Kabar
  • Zéta
  • Yellow Muscat

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 Grand Tokaj

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Grand Tokaj

How Winery Grand Tokaj wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or shellfish such as recipes of chicken tajine with prunes, the coughing cat's apple crumble or seafood and mushroom quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Grand Tokaj

On the nose the white wine of Winery Grand Tokaj. often reveals types of flavors of apples, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of marmalade, dried fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Grand Tokaj. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Grand Tokaj

  • 2012With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Furmint
  • Hárslevelű
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sárgamuskotály

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Grand Tokaj

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 Grand Tokaj.

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 Winery Grand Tokaj and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Vintage scale

Complex system of classification of the communes of Champagne according to the value of the grapes which are produced there. In other regions, hierarchical situation of the productions classified by various authorities.