Tokaj : guide des vins — cépages, appellations et producteurs

Cœur de l'Aszú & de l'Eszencia

Sol: Volcanic loess and rhyolite tuff at the meeting of the Bodrog and Tisza rivers, whose autumn mists ripen botrytis on Furmint and Hárslevelű.
Style: Tokaji Aszú — graded historically by 'puttonyos' — is honeyed, marmalade-and-saffron sweet, kept electric by Furmint's searing acidity; Eszencia is the rarest, most concentrated of all.
Grands sites: Classified 'first-growth' crus (Szt Tamás, Betsek, Király) at Mád and Tarcal rank among the world's great sweet-wine sites.
Millésimes: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
Producteurs: Royal TokajiDisznókőOremusIstván Szepsy

Astuce · Tokaj was classified in 1730 — decades before Bordeaux's 1855.

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Royal Tokaji 'Late Harvest' · ~$25 (500ml)

Honeyed, citrussy, fresh — the gateway to Tokaji.

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Royal Tokaji Aszú '5 Puttonyos' (Red Label)

Blancs volcaniques modernes

Sol: The same first-growth volcanic crus, now also vinified bone-dry — a movement that has remade Tokaj's reputation.
Style: Bone-dry Furmint of citrus, quince, smoke and saline minerality, with Chablis-like cut and real ageing potential.
Grands sites: Single-cru dry Furmint (e.g. Szepsy's Úrágya) shows the region as a great dry-white terroir.
Millésimes: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Producteurs: István SzepsyBartaRoyal Tokaji

Astuce · Don't assume Tokaj means sweet — its dry Furmints are world-class.

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Royal Tokaji 'The Oddity' Dry Furmint · ~$22

Smoky, citrussy, mineral dry Furmint — a brilliant introduction.

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Szepsy Furmint 'Úrágya' · ~$70 · 2019

Profound, saline, ageworthy single-cru dry Furmint.