The Winery Henye of Tokaj

Winery Henye
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 635 of the estates of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj

The Winery Henye is one of the best wineries to follow in Tokaj.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Henye wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Henye

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Henye

How Winery Henye wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of cod and potato gratin, hake with small shrimps for cookeo or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Henye

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Henye

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 Henye.

Discover the grape variety: Isabelle

It was found in a garden in South Carolina in the United States and given to Isabella Gibbs. It can still be found in Brazil, India, Uruguay, Madagascar, Colombia, Switzerland, Italy, etc. In France, it is one of the six hybrids prohibited since 1935 (included in the European regulations): the Clinton, the Herbemont, the Isabelle, the Jacquez, the Noah and the Othello.

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The word of the wine: Oenology

The science of the oenologist, which is essentially concerned with the elaboration and maturation of wines.