The Winery Szedmák of Tokaj

Winery Szedmák
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Tokaj.
It is located in Tokaj
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The Winery Szedmák is one of the best wineries to follow in Tokaj.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Szedmák wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Szedmák

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Szedmák

How Winery Szedmák wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of korma chicken (india) or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Szedmák

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Furmint
  • 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 red wines of Winery Szedmák

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Szedmák

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

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Szedmák

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Szedmák

How Winery Szedmák wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of spaghetti all 'amatriciana or chocolate mousse.

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

  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: Gutedel

See chasselas.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Szedmák

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 Szedmák.

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.

News about Winery Szedmák and wines from the region

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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The word of the wine: Gutedel

See chasselas.