BIRSALMÁS – 2nd 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.
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.
Birsalmás is our smallest vineyard, name translates as quince
orchard. It is situated on the southern and western slopes of the hill,
overlooking the village of Mád, as garden vines, with volcanic top
soil, loess-clay pockets. Royal Tokaji owns 2 ha of parcels planted
with Furmint and Kövérszőlő vines with an average age of around
25 years.
A beautiful golden wine with plenty of dried fruits, apricot jam,
vanilla and smokiness. Extremely rich nose. Spicy vanilla and plum.
Very fine, elegant acidity provides perfect balance to the high sugar.
An almost eternal 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: 11,5 %
Sugar: 187,3 g/l
Acidity: 6,4 g/l
Grape varieties: Furmint, Kövérszőlő
Bottling date: June 2021
