Winery Grand TokajTokaji Essencia
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Tokaji Essencia of the Winery Grand Tokaj is in the top 50 of wines of Tokaj.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Tokaji Essencia of Winery Grand Tokaj in the region of Tokaj often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Grand Tokaj's Tokaji Essencia.
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Taut, structured whites with cutting acidity and a mineral mouth, featuring aromas of apple, quince, citrus, honey, smoke and chalk notes. Made as ambitious dry wines (Tokaji száraz, Somló), off-dry and especially sumptuous botrytised sweet wines: Tokaji Aszú (legendary, classified by puttonyos) and Tokaji Eszencia. Highly susceptible to noble rot. The absolute star of Tokaj in Hungary, also in Slovakia, Slovenia (Šipon) and Austria. Native Hungarian grape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tokaji Essencia from Winery Grand Tokaj are 2004, 1993, 2000, 0 and 2007.
Informations about the Winery Grand Tokaj
The Winery Grand Tokaj is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 75 wines for sale in the of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Tokaj
Cradle of the legendary Tokaji Aszú, "king of wines" per Louis XIV. Noble sweet wines based on Furmint (lively acidity prone to botrytis) and floral Hárslevelű ("linden leaf"): amber robe, signature aromas of honey, candied apricot, quince, orange peel, saffron, sustained sugar balanced by tense acidity. Measured in "puttonyos" (3 to 6) with Aszú Eszencia at the top. Also dry Furmint on the rise, straight and mineral.
The word of the wine: Unbalanced
Said of a wine whose different elements are not perceived in a harmonious and pleasant way. This is not necessarily a defect, it can be a wine that is too young and not yet blended.
