MÉZES MÁLY – GREAT 1st GROWTH
TOKAJI ASZÚ 6 PUTTONYOS 2018
In truly exceptional years Royal Tokaji selects the finest berries
from its finest vineyards and carefully produces a few barrels of
Single Vineyard Aszú.
Mézes Mály is one of just two vineyards classified as a Great First
Growth. Its volcanic bedrock is overlaid with deep loess soil, giving
elegance, finesse and floral notes to its wines. Royal Tokaji owns 11
of its 19 hectares, facing south with views to the Great Plain in the
distance.
After a cold winter, temperatures rose rapidly in April and May,
stimulating vigorous growth in the vines. Harvest was the earliest in
living memory and probably the earliest ever, providing good
volumes of healthy, ripe grapes with firm acidity and excellent
quality. The warm, dry autumn was more conducive to drying the
grapes than to botrytis, but nevertheless we managed to pick a very
satisfactory amount of fine quality Aszú berries. Overall, a record-
breaking and outstanding vintage, ripe, rich, and balanced.
The excellent Aszú berries with good structure and perfect botrytis
were macerated in fermenting must for two days. After pressing and
finishing fermentation in barrel the wines were filled into Hungarian
oak casks in our extensive, deep underground cellars to mature for
over two years. The final blends were carefully crafted in the spring
of 2021.
Floral notes on the nose with scents of flower fields and honey
(Mézes Mály translates as “honey-place”). The palate shows typical
elegance and depth with peach, pear and pineapple flavours leading
to a long, delicate honey-filled finish.
Enjoy now or cellar for future enjoyment as the wine matures. Sip
on its own as an aperitif, serve with fruit-based desserts or hard
cheeses, or enjoy this mouth-watering wine on its own instead of a
pudding.
Alcohol: 11%
Sugar: 206,9 g/l
Acidity: 6,9 g/l
Grape varieties: Furmint, Hárslevelű
Bottling date: June 2021
