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The legend of Tokaj has flourished throughout its four-hundred-year history, but it was not until 1630 that the greatness of the Oremus vineyard was first spoken of. Nowadays it is the most renowned in the world.
The production of Aszú wine (teardrop wine) is a painstaking process that can only be done in exceptional vintages and under special conditions that favor the development of Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). It has been made in the same way for hundreds of years, adding three baskets (puttonyos) containing 25 kg of Aszú noble berries to a Gönci barrel (136 litres) of must. The Aszú berries are left to soak for several hours until they swell and are then gently pressed. Fermentation, which takes place in new Hungarian oak barrels, is a slow process that can take up to four weeks. The wine is then aged in 220- and 350-litre barrels for two years and bottled for an additional year.
Ingredients: Aszu grapes | alcohol 11.5%
Weight: 500 ml