2018 Royal Tokaji Blue Label Aszu 5 Puttonyos 500ml

This wine’s label is trimmed in red for the USA, blue in all other countries. Producer: The Royal Tokaji Wine Company. Critic tasting note: “Dark amber in the glass, this Tokaj Asz has aromas of honeycomb, jasmine and freesia. In the mouth are intense flavors of ripe yellow peach and dried apricot. Jeff Jenssen” – 93/100, Wine Enthusiast

Intense nose with lots of fruitiness and spice. Great structure and vibrant freshness with flavours of white peach and ripe plums, a perfect balance of richness, crisp acidity and a long finish. The Asz wines show great structure, plenty of botrytis, depth and freshness with excellent complexity, all attributes of long ageing potential.

Producer Notes: The classification system traditionally indicated the number of puttonyos harvesting baskets (27 litre or 22 24kgs) of Asz berries added to each Gnci (136 litre) cask of fermenting must/base wine. For example, a 5 Puttonyos wine would require 110 120kgs of Asz berries to every 136 litre of fermenting must/base wine. The same production method, adding Asz berries to fermenting must remained, but the final classification of each wine is now based on independent technical analysis of sugar levels.

Drinking Window: 2020-2032